The next generation in Zimbabwe

Good day to everyone who is going to make time to read my article. And I say may god bless you for giving me your most valuable time today. I am writing these few words based on the current situation In my beloved.

Let me start by thanking everyone who participated in the liberation struggle of our beloved country, myself I wasn't even born when people where fighting for their freedom and that of the next generation, I also have a few family members who fought for me to be free today. Thank you very much for your efforts in liberating Zimbabwe.

Now if you may allow me to get back to my headline, as a citizen of this country I am deeply concerned about the current situation in our country whereby us the current generation is finding it very hard to live in this country that our fathers fought for. We are unemployed, we are hungry, we are homeless, and now most of our youth are now resorting to crime, alcohol and substance abuse which does not sit very well with me. And when I ask myself, is this what our fathers fought for, the answer I come up with is no.

So what exactly where they fighting for if we are suffering like this in our own country. We are even scared to raise our voices in protest of the current situation because those who were brave enough to do so in the past have mysteriously disappeared or have been arrested and subjected to torture. Now the current generation is scared to say what they want in life because they are afraid of being arrested and tortured. So they seek solace in drugs and alcohol which are the only readily available things in society. This is the current generation of youths  of my beloved country.

So when it comes to the next generation I wonder what's in-store for them in this land. Will the current situation come to an end or will it worsen? My prediction is things will become worse and I wonder how the streets will look like in the next 20years or so. Our young brothers and sisters are going to wonder if Zimbabwe is free country because currently I don't think we are free. No freedom of speech, no rights whatsoever is this what a free country is all about. What exactly did our fathers fight for.  

Did they fight so that only a few of our countrymen who are in government  enrich themselves at the expense of the rest of us, including the next generation. If I ask my family members who where involved in the liberation struggle they tell me the current situation is not what they fought for. They tell me they fought for a free, independent Zimbabwe where everyone has the right to fair treatment but that is not the case as we speak. So I ask them what went wrong? They cannot answer my question because they don't want to disappear or be arrested and tortured.

I ask them if we are not a free country why is it they don't do what they did before to take their arms and continue fighting until the country is free. They say they have done their part before now it is up-to the current generation to fight for what they want. And I must say that is very true. If we cant fight for what we want who is going to do that for us. My fellow citizens if we unite in one voice to stand up against this government, which has destroyed our country, we will win just like our fathers won before. We must not be afraid of these people because they are just a minority and we are the majority.

If we stand and watch what are we going to say to the next generation when they ask, what did you do to stop the government when it was destroying the country at your watch. What are we going to tell the next generation when they come into this world with no food on their tables, with no roofs over their heads and without a functioning industry and most of all without rights and freedom of speech. Ladies and gentlemen let us stand up and fight for our rights as a nation. We will win.
Thank you.

Chrispen Dhliwayo is a human right activist fighting for the rights everyone especially of youth and the next generation. You can contact me dhliwayochrispen@gmail .com