THERE is a beautiful and enthralling story that is happening in Zimbabwe.
It is the story of success that has been building earnestly over the years.
It is the story of our reincarnation as a nation.
It is the story of our history-making process.
Ours has been a journey from the dark.
Now the light beckons, full of life.
Its rays shine on the back of hard work.
Some of us, as we have said before, will never tire of celebrating; everyday if need be.
People can become obsessed with the bad that they will totally forget the good.
It is very sad when foreigners come and are surprised why we are forever complaining when there is so much to celebrate and be proud of.
There is a hand that deliberately steers us towards the dark, that does not want us to see anything positive in our beloved country.
The rains have washed away the afflictions wrought on us by the marauding enemy.
The womb of our land nourished all the seed put in the ground.
Now we are on the verge of feeding the same world that only yesterday pointed accusing fingers at us.
Too many good things are happening.
Let us start with maize.
It was only last year the effects of Cyclone El Nino wreaked havoc, sapping life out of the fields.
Where we used to import, now we are about to export and we have enough food for future use.
The statistics and facts on the ground speak the language of prosperity.
Government has forecast output of the staple maize at 2,1 million tonnes this year, from 511 000 tonnes in 2016.
These include small grains such as sorghum and millet.
On average we need about 1,8 million metric tonnes for consumption, including small grains such as millet and sorghum annually.
It gets even sweeter.
The country is now going to achieve self-sufficiency in the production of cooking oil.
I remember in 2007, former US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell promising the nation there would be no cooking during that year’s Christmas.
It happened, the sanctions decimated us.
But Zimbabweans are a resilient people.
Scorned they rose.
Insulted they remained steadfast.
Attacked they remained united.
We shall now export that which we imported only last year.
In other arenas we are also doing well.
The COSAFA Cup triumph was just the beginning.
The annihilation of the mighty Sri Lanka another step towards redemption, our redemption.
Let this be the birth of not just a new era but also a new mentality.
We can do anything we put our minds to.
We do not need outsiders for everything, certain things we can achieve on our own.
Ours will be an economy driven by its rightful owners.
Such is the beauty of our story that even those who saw no hope in us now flock, humbled by the greatness of this nation and its people to do business with us.
We celebrate these successes armed with the knowledge that the enemy never sleeps.
That is why unity is the tonic to this success.