THE call made during the 289th Ordinary Session of the ZANU PF Politburo to unite and work together must be taken seriously.
I emphasise that it must be taken seriously because for the leadership to repeat the call for unity and working together means that we have not paid heed to this call made almost two years ago when detractors of the country were vanquished.
This is no ordinary call.
It is a call, it is a plea, it is an appeal, it is a message, it is a request, not to a particular section of the society or a political party, but to the nation.
Zimbabwe is more than its political parties, it is more than its various sections of society, it is more than ‘offices’, it is ultimately all its people.
This is the message that some among us are failing to grasp.
And this negatively derails efforts to revamp the fortunes of the country that have been battered by more than a decade of illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the West.
When President Robert Mugabe expresses his desires and that of the Government he leads, he is expressing desires, not just to transform lives of particular persons but all Zimbabweans.
The people spoke in the harmonised elections; they chose the leader they have confidence in.
And that leader has programmes that seek to uplift the lives of the impoverished and avail more opportunities to those that already believe themselves successful.
But all these efforts at uplifting lives are being frustrated by cheap politicking by those that could be described as sore-losers.
And sadly there are others, who must know better, who are also contributing to frustrating developmental efforts.
It is bickering and pulling in different directions that make challenges appear insurmountable.
If we are to expend all our energies is coming up with solutions for the myriad challenges we face soon significant progress shall be made.
The blueprint for success, the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim-ASSET) is clear.
All it needs is commitment and implementation.
If we are united as a people then we shall realise the objectives of this blueprint.
But we will not achieve these objectives as long as we quarrel, bicker and fail to set aside our differences.
Our country demands that we put aside our personal and ideological differences and work for the motherland whole heartedly.
Our country demands that we give it our all.
What is being asked of us is nothing new, but a continuation of what others before us gave.
Fighting never comes to an end because the enemy is always lurking in the shadows.
Where others gave their lives and limbs we are being asked to give our skills, our energy and time to rebuild.
Let future generations speak of us the way we speak of our veterans, alive and departed.
They did not let us down, they did not let the country down.
We cannot allow, cannot afford to let the enemy have his way with us and our country.
What we have, what we enjoy, is much, believe not the enemy preaching we have nothing.
Why are they so interested in our country if it has nothing, why will they not leave us alone and continue to foment disharmony?
If we all knew and appreciated our worth, we all would be united working as one entity, with one common goal and vision to develop the country.
The economies that we envy such as China, India and Brazil that are thriving to the dismay of the West were born of a determined and dedicated people of those countries.