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What happened to the grundnorm?

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EVENTS in the past days have taken me back to the issue I have talked about in the past, the grundnorm.
Who are we, what are we becoming, what are we turning into?
Do we remember, do we know, do we appreciate where we have come from?
The work of the economic sabouters among us makes me sad, not angry, but sad.
The grundnorm has been described as that spirit which binds a nation together.
It is who we are, it is the aggregate of values and norms that have given us our national identity.
It is scary when everyone, when individuals seem to be concerned about nothing else but themselves.
That is not the way we have operated, since time immemorial, tiri vanhu.
We are bound by values that do not allow us to say ini, asi isu.
We have never embarked on activities that willfully destroy our country.
From the First Chimurenga through the Second Chimurenga to the Third Chimurenga, where we repossessed our land, to indigenisation of the economy, we have all pulled in one direction.
I fear some of us, especially our youths, have become detached from the spiritual beacon, the one defined by our hunhu/ubuntu.
I will state again that our grundnorm lies in our ancestors and in our heroes who laid down their lives in defence of this nation.
The onslaught against our country is relentless.
The West wants us to buckle at the knees.
All that we have achieved must come to naught.
We cannot be Africa’s example.
Our erstwhile colonisers want us to fail; want us to go back to them, with cap in hand, apologise and invite them back mumusha medu.
That we cannot do and will never do.
It is time we all gird our loins and put our hands to the plough.
It is time we all come to the defence of the motherland.
Zimbabwe is bigger than all its political parties.
We all must be patriots who will stick to their guns. For not so long ago, were people who stood firm until we attained independence.
Not so long ago were people who stood firm even when the teeth of the illegal sanctions got to the bone.
But they all stuck to their guns.
Children born when sanctions were imposed in 2000 are now becoming players in the country; children of that time are now adults.
All these have a duty to the motherland.
And we, the adults, must guide them and show them the Dzimbahwe way.
We all have skills that are the envy of the world, we do — we are Zimbabweans after all. But how are we deploying and using them?
Let us use these skills to advance the cause of the nation.
Let us not allow ourselves to be used for money and by forces bent on our destruction.
It is clear that all of us, in our individual capacities and with our different skills can contribute to the betterment of our country and livelihood.
Let us not sell ourselves short.
We have a beautiful nation, let us protect it.
We have an obligation to future generations.
Zimbabwe is our country, we do not have any other; it is all we have.

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