Stop the blame game - Zanu PF UK

Zanu PF United Kingdom chapter has challenged people in Zimbabwe to stop the blame game for every failure that the nation encounters and focus on developing the nation at all cost.

"Failure in life, when not harnessed, tends to generate self-pity," said the Zanu PF UK Chapter. " One cannot have self-pity without finding someone else to blame for the condition they find themselves in. In most cases the easiest person to blame if one wants to play the victim is the State."

The chapter said the only problem with that is that it is very easy to point fingers than to accept one's own frailties. IT said this condition applies to both the individual and the State.

"There should be someone big elsewhere whose overwhelming influence has to be used to explain whatever situation a State or Individual finds themselves in," said Zanu PF UK.

"So the State tends to blame other States which are bigger and more powerful than it. The individual blames the "system".

All around humanity there is a chain of victim-hood whose other name should just be "failure".

Zanu PF UK said at the individual level, anyone who asks the individual that fails to actualise the self-reflect and introspect are accused of blaming the victim.

"Strangely both governments and individuals want to take credit for successes but completely disown their failures and dump the buck at someone else's door step.

"In the Western world individuals that fail have a tendency of somehow finding fault with their parents or upbringing? There is a good justification (with cause) that blame has taken the place of self exertion and intellect. One's own sloth should never end with blame on others," said the chapter.

The chapter said people have had excuses and blame for rigged elections and uneven playing fields whenever the opposition cannot get their hands on power.

"We have had individuals whose things did not work for them in the diaspora for different reasons and now have taken to blaming the Zimbabwean Embassy because that's the closest thing to the State of Zimbabwe. We have seen these demonstrations and a lot of grandstanding against the Zimbabwean Mission in London. Whenever there is news that Zimbabwe is on its way to mending relations, these individuals find this as bad news and they rush to unfurl unflattering banners and pull off some more self-seeking histrionics," said the Zanu PF UK.

"Lately there was an article in one of the local British papers which went viral and a few tears were shed for the individual concerned. In this article the man concerned said they had fled Zimbabwe, came to the UK."

The chapter said things did not work for them. They are now trying to go back home. However they no longer have any Zimbabwean IDs.

"They articulated their seemingly heart rending story which they said they went to the Zimbabwean Embassy in London to try to apply for a passport to go home and the consular staff was not interested because of their failed asylum status," said Zanu PF UK.

"They said that they were meant to be given £2500 by the International Organisation for Migration. The reason they say they were denied any papers was that they had sought asylum and the Zimbabwean Mission in London frowns on that. Unfortunately in the article and all the subsequent publications, there is no record of an attempt to get a comment from those who represent Zimbabwe in the UK and Ireland."

The chapter said this columnist in his other capacity works very closely with Zimbabwe's representatives in London and has seen a lot of asylum seekers being assisted to go back to Zimbabwe.

"However not being a spokesman for the said Mission cannot make comments on this particular case but will state how the system is and that the system works. There is a case here for people not to continue maligning national institutions without cause," said the chapter.

"Zimbabweans like any other people can lose all their forms of identity. There are a plethora of reasons why this can happen. It can be through a house fire where nothing or little is recovered."

"It can also be a flood, hurricane or any natural disaster. It can also be that someone was travelling with all their personal identity documents and their luggage is stolen."

The chapter said the system is primed to deal with all these scenarios including those that deliberately destroy their documents to make themselves Stateless so as to make it difficult for the host countries to deport them back to the home country.

"When any of the above tragic situations happen, one simply goes to the Zimbabwean Embassy and they are interviewed. This involves just giving one's life story, where they were born, where they went to school and where they lived. Of course speaking the language is a big help," said the chapter.

"The story of a genuine Zimbabwean is easily verifiable and of course a Nigerian pretending to be a Zimbabwean is easily sussed and smoked out. Once the officer is certified that one is genuinely a Zimbabwean, they are issued with what is called a Temporary Travel Document (TTD). This will enable the individual a one way travel to Zimbabwe where they will go and sort out their papers by getting a copy of their birth certificate and national Identity card and then apply for another passport in the normal way. Of course in some cases a police report has to be produced."