THE nation is in mourning.

We have lost so many precious lives.

We are still counting the losses.

We will still count those lives and many more for that matter.

That is the tragedy of this world.

Life comes and life departs.

Life energises our hearts and it loses the power to fuel us to longevity.

Life brings smiles to us when we are still breathing.

Life brings happiness to us when we can see.

Life is beautiful as and when the good Lord we serve and Trust is on our side.

Lives were brought to earth by God.

The same lives were taken by the same God though.

So where do we go from here?

Where do we start from?

How do we move from here?

There are so many issues to discuss on this issue.

There are so many issues to be unravelled here.

So many issues to be discussed and dealt with so that we can move forward as a nation.

First things first.

We are Zimbabwe.

We are a nation that has defied so many odds.

A nation that has seen it all.

A nation that has battled adversity.

A nation that has challenged the might of imperialism.

A nation that has really and truly tackled colonialism with price and precision.

A nation that is a real and true definition of independence.

Independence from colonialism.

Independence from neo-colonisalism.

Independence from plunder of the country’s abundant land and natural resources.

We are Zimbabwe.

We are Africa.

The land of the good people of the black race.

So, why do we resort to ignoring the plight of the masses?

Why do we resort to ignore their suffering?

I am talking here about those who went ballistic about the tragedy that hit Manicaland Province.

I am talking about those who attempted, but without success to capitalise on Cyclone Idai, instead choosing to score cheap political points from that heart-rending disaster.

We need to be conscious.

We need to be graceful.

We need to be humane.

We need to be people-oriented.

We need to have love for the people.

This is what loving Zimbabweans have done.

They have done that from the onset of the wretched Cyclone Idai and the aftermath of it   all.

This is an aftermath that has all but brought sadness to our hearts.

It has nevertheless brought us together as a nation.

This, of course, excludes those who wanted to use the disaster to boost their political ambitions.

We should not have used, and we should not use, that tragedy to destroy the beautiful narrative that we have built as a nation thus far.

We will not destroy the goodwill that we have built as a nation and as a people in assisting those who have been immensely affected by Cyclone Idai.

We should always remember those who have been with us during those trying times as we battled to rescue those affected by this disaster.

This is about us as a nation,

This is about how we can come to each other’s rescue.

We will do that because we are Zimbabweans.

And as Zimbabweans, we are going to make it.