Many people loosely say life is a journey and Oliver Goldsmith says ‘Life is a journey that needs to be travelled no matter how bad the roads are or accommodations.’ The journey for the majority of Zimbabweans has been very bad and even the roads and accommodations in their literal sense has been painstaking.
It has been long and people got to a point of resorting to the Christian faith to seek refuge from the economic and political hemorrhage but still the elasticity of their hope has been exhausted. The young and old have given up on life and spend the better time of their lives doing drugs and drinking alcohol to a state of being literally half dead.
Even in church you can tell that even some of the clergy come to church in spirit because of spirits they would have ingested(pun intended). From my observation, the church is now a very dangerous place where most of the congregants have given up on life and doing ‘zvose zvose.’, So pathetic. I wonder when the dust of this whirlwind will ever settle.
The journey is worrying especially now in January. Yes in December, a month of DISEMBARking from the train of woes, and making merry a lot was happening and people were happy but the happiness I have always witnessed in the December of my teens wasn’t that low.
The festive season fever just gripped the fortunate few while the rest were struggling even to place a plate of sadza our staple diet on the table. What else can you expect from a political climate that has hit a stalemate? The CCC with all their Tshabangu drama started interesting till it got to a boring point. It infuriated everyone who has this country at heart.
Now Chamisa has quit the CCC, what implications does that have on the Zimbabwean political landscape? Social media is abuzz with the news that this move will disintergate ZANU PF’s rule at the same time leaving Tshabangu with an egg on his face.
Christian, my brother from another mother of course was in a jovial mood yesterday, ‘Chamisa wakanda joker.’ Is this a lull in the middle of a typhoon. There is a lot of uncertainty with regards to this move. Anyway, as always, time will tell.
I have never heard of any party that usurped power through verses and biblical catch phrases like’ Godisinit.’ Could this be the first? Lets wait and find out! All we wish for as Zimbabweans is a move that will see a rejuvenation of the economy and a political environment that is peaceful.
I pray that the guys on the other side of the river swallow their pride, call for the removal of sanctions and the other side also looks at electoral reforms the opposition so much fumes about. I bet maybe this country would prosper. This ‘haivhiyiwi’ approach will never get us anyway.
It leaves the general populace in a journey full of worries. Remember panorwa nzou uswa ndihwo hwunosakaraka. Why can’t we as Zimbabweans unite for a common good? The friction between the guys at the helm has cascaded to the grassroots. That is not right, people should not be divided based on their political choices and alignments. January is real a journey of worries.
Anyway politics aside, the and O level results came out in January. Why is January so evil with all these worries? The anxiety and the pressure on the parents and students has been just something else. The A level students passed with flying colours. Junior High School had 100% passrates in both A level and Ordinary level Cambridge examinations .
Bravo! Even from my home area the students did wonders with some coming up with up to 30 points. This is McRchard Sitera who did his A levels at Lundi High, and the young lad Shingirirai Hatirarami who also scored 30 points at Pamushana High.
Mwenezi also had the likes of Ashton Silver Mangoni who scored 20 points at Mwenezi Government High. McRichard, 17 years now, skipped Grade 6 at Chingami and had 10As at Ordinary level. He reminds me of another Chingami product and a friend of mine Tafadzwa Mlambo studying in the United States.
Another genius in the making. Guess it says something about Chingami. I am glad I had a chance to speak to one of the Province’s best students Shingie. I marveled at the humility in the young man. His mother Memory was calm and collected but proud of her son’s achievements. All her labour and toil has paid off. She is from a very hard working family and a true definition of ‘sweet comes from sweat.
‘This year’s Advanced Level passes were just something else and saw a great improvement in the passrate. My high school Guiding Star in Mwenezi has broken the jinx that has been haunting them for long and has two students Raphel Sibanda and Saul Gwemwemwe who scored 13 and 14 points respectively breaking the 12 points record set nearly a decade ago not to mention others with fair passes at the establishment.
The man who took the reins after tge departure of Mr Chengeta , Mr Benjamin Moyo is doing his best and the teachers have been doing a sterling job. The results for Advanced level have however been received with mixed feelings on social media.
Arthur Mutambara has accused ZIMSEC of inflating results but I wont dwell on that today. We cant take away the glory from these young boys and girls, they deserve our congrats. The Ordinary level exams also brought mixed feelings and reactions among parents.
The passrate was a bit low but they are some exceptional passes with some getting 18As or even 20. Those who have students who failed are on a journey of worries contemplating on their next move while those who passed are worrying on how they are going to get the fees for their children.
This implies to my fellow friends down in Boterere or Guiding Star surely not the guys who take their kids to Riverton Academy or Falcon College. They have everything organized. Like what Handifari always says, to people like these i’ikolozi’ meaning all is even.
They will be worrying on whether to take the child to Australia or Germany. That’s the difference between life and vupenyu.
There is no much to talk about relating to the African soccer safari. It lacks the usual spark especially with our boys not part of the entourage. What’s really wrong with us as a country? Just recently the CAF football body has once again laid out that Zimbabwe does not have proper grounds that meet international standards.
What can we expect in a situation where even in towns councils are having trouble with ablution services? The political stalemate is to blame. May sanctions go and a collective transparent inclusive road map ushered in.
How can I penoff without passing a comment on barons. Land barons! The operation on illegal barons has swept across the country hitting at places like Mushandike, Neshuro, Detema, Flora to name a few. People who settled there illegally without council authorisation but as a result of land barons have been ordered to vacate the land.
In a trending video on social media a group of farmers from Flora in Mwenezi East Constituency were complaining that government was hitting on them after elections. In particular they were saying we voted ZANU PF and ZANU PF is now ‘throwing us away.’
Comeon good people there is no one who can violate the law with impunity on the basis of being aligned or being a member of ZANU PF. Many a people have been caught on the wrong side of the law trying to use the ZANU PF tag as if it has some invincibility.
The President clearly stated that on this no one regardless of political affilliation will be spared in the quest to restore sanity in settlements in peri-urban, growth points and any other communal lands. Land barons were taking advantage selling land to people and stuffing money in their pockets. Murambwi vati bodo!
But I think the whip should fall on the barons’ backs than the settlers. Haisi mhosva yavo vanhu ava. May God bless Zimbabwe! May February remove the worry and be full of merry. May it be ‘Fairbrewmerry.’ Its only a view.
Johannes Mike Mupisa aka Chana CheMasvingo the Wordsmith
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