I AM all about celebrating everything Zimbabwean.
Sometimes I feel we do not do enough to celebrate what we have, our own.
Our writers, inventors, our musicians, our sport personalities and the various ambassadors we have in many arenas we do not give adequate recognition.
I am happy, I am sad, I am mad, all at the same time.
The Charles Manyuchi ‘debacle’ at the airport with the authorities, put a blemish on the welcome reception of a conquering hero.
I thank President Robert Mugabe who despite a busy and pressing schedule found time to host Manyuchi.
And he has promised him a bash at the State House.
Only if we could all be like President Mugabe, he has never failed to celebrate the success of locals in big and significant ways.
Actor Munyaradzi Chidzonga and Olympians Kirsty Coventry and Elliot Mujaji can testify to this.
If everyone else can come on board and do the same our conquering heroes will be inspired to do more.
The authorities at the airport must take a leaf from President Mugabe.
A bit of deference and preferential treatment to our successful people will not hurt us.
I will not buy or accept talk that laid down procedures are what led to Manyuchi’s poor treatment by the authorities at the airport.
We have given foreign artistes red carpet treatment; they have literally breezed into the country without a hustle.
And away from our dazzling pugilist there is also the case of Sungulani Chikumbutso.
Already some are wondering who I am talking about, exactly my point.
Many do not know him.
Many have not the slightest idea about what he represents and mean.
Well Sungulani Chikumbutso, is the founder of Saith Technologies.
And recently he held a Saith Open Day where he showcased inventions that can and if adopted will transform the face of local business.
His inventions have attracted interest from abroad, but this son of the soil is only interested in seeing his country enjoy the fruits of his labour.
We hear the Americans have come knocking on his door, they are interested and they see the potential of his work.
But do we?
His story, this story, deserves to be more than a two-minute clip on the news.
Where are the documentary makers, the feature writers?
For some of us want to know where Chikumbutso was born, where he studied, his teachers, his role models and what else he has in store and where he wants to get, where he wants to take us.
We must be seeing documentaries about this young man.
But it seems we don’t mind him going back wherever he came from, we really do not care about what he has to offer.
We do not want him to be doing business behind the scenes.
We want this genius to be celebrated.
We want him to move around schools giving talks inspiring future inventors.
We do not want to wake up one day and hear about breakthroughs by one Zimbabwean-born Chikumbutso, that is how they say it when he is now on CNN or BBC, based in those foreign lands.
And then we have this young rider, a motocross sensation, Emmanuel Bako.
He is quite famous in South Africa because vamutadza ikoko.
He is at the top of the 50cc Pro Class, 14 points clear of his nearest rival South African Wian du Plooy.
Never mind that many of us might not understand what 50cc means but what we know for sure is that mwana uyu ishasha yechimudhudhu.
But how many of us know young Bako, only a handful.
Do we even care how his parents are faring; they are probably his biggest sponsor.
He could also do with our support.
As a nation please let us rally behind our own.
There is a reason behind why thousands, elsewhere, throng stadiums, rings and arenas supporting their own.
There is a reason why television networks and papers as well as magazines devote hours and acres of space talking about their best.
It inspires them, it builds them up and it gives nations not only bragging rights but resources for continued development.