IN the past I have talked about the lorries laden with produce heading for various markets.

I have talked about small trucks on and by the roadsides groaning under the weight of tobacco.

I have expressed pleasure at the sight of these lorries and small trucks on their way back from the markets filled with an assortment of goods from household furniture to farm implements.

I have been amazed by the transformation of lives of people who, for were it not for bold decisions and steps, would be common labourers toiling for a pittance.

The development I have seen in the last decade, never mind the hardships and challenges faced by our people as a result of the illegal sanctions imposed on the country, is phenomenal.

Not only decent, but beautiful houses have cropped up in the so-called beyond-of-beyond areas.

I have travelled and I can proudly say our people are among the few in the world who are really determining their destiny.

Not only do they have the will, but have the means to achieving their desires.

We are a nation made up of people past wishing and wanting, but having and doing.

What has prompted me to recollect is the fact that sadly among us, not all are as happy as I am, not all are celebrating and merrymaking.

Sadly there are those whose eyes have turned the proverbial green with envy.

It is unfortunate that some among us are filled with regret.

It is horrible that there are some among us that feel and know that they let themselves down.

These whose eyes are today green and filled with regret felt then that the revolution was a joke, that it would not amount to anything significant and that it would fail.

While it is not too late for them for land is still being distributed, it is common knowledge that underutilised land shall be given to those that want to profitably use it, the truth is that they will not catch up to those that have been at it for more than a decade.

Experiences gained in the last decade they will also acquire after a decade.

One thing that I have seen and come to know as a result of experience is that President Mugabe is a man of his word.

If anyone is going to pay attention to desperate claims that the man is just but a talker then poor you.

The man said the country would attain majority rule, it did, he said education would be availed to all, we are number one on the continent in terms of literacy and he said land would be given to the people and today the formerly landless black majority has land.

And he has now said that the means of production and resources must be in the hands of the indigenes, that they must be empowered and become the owners and employers.

Will it come to pass? Simply check the man’s history of delivery.

Thus I say do not be left behind.

Five years from today be among those celebrating not those with green eyes.

Ten years from today, do not be playing catch-up, but be an empowered and thriving Zimbabwean.

President Mugabe is literally begging for indigenes to get into big businesses and not just be content with being small players. And he has promised support to those willing to become major players in industry.

Indigenisation will succeed as every other programme we have embarked on.

Heed his call.