Opinion / Columnist
Anti-Zim activism should be criminalized
18 Sep 2017 at 16:23hrs | Views
It is mind boggling that a Zimbabwean can travel all the way to the US to participate in demonstrations calling for sanctions against fellow Zimbabweans, all because they do not see eye-to-eye with the ruling ZANU PF party. The likes of Morgan Tsvangirai, Patson Dzamara, Savannah Madamombe and Evan Mawarire have gained infamy for their anti-Zimbabwe activism disguised as opposition to the ZANU PF government.
These activists use every available opportunity to besmirch the country's standing in the community of nations, in the process jeopardizing the country's strategic interests. The on-going United Nations General Assembly has provided a fertile hunting ground for these political vultures to feast upon the aspirations of the people through rent-a-crowd demonstrations.
In America, the Patriot Act makes it a high crime to aid the county's enemies, in the same fashion these pseudo-activists have caved a career out of inviting collective punishment for their kith and kin on account of their political differences with ZANU PF.
The Patriot Act in the US was enacted following the September 11 2001bombings where some Americans were accomplices in the horrendous bombings.
Ordinary Zimbabweans in Muzarabani, Chiredzi and Kotwa are collectively punished by the imperial masters of this world for their support for ZANU PF, all because a fellow Zimbabwean abused their Zimbabwean-issued passport to attract the punishment.
Our legislators may need to consider some remedial action against those who abuse the privilege of a passport to invite sanctions against the people.
In African philosophy, ubuntu tells us that "I am because we are". In other words, we attain our individuality because society around us has achieved human existence as well. Our opposition activists are actually denouncing this ubuntuism by putting their individual interests ahead of those of the greater community.
Zimbabwe's strategic interest should be separated from those of political parties. These interests should not be jeopardized for political expediency. History does not forget, one day these people will be called to account for their anti-people activism in the people's court of justice.
Source - Tererai Danga
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