National Pledge: A pathological criminal mindset

The German world redeemer His Excellency reich  President Mr Hindenburg in his old age in 1933 made a historic decision for his people and his own legacy, as the president whose political career was ending inevitably. He said, " gentleman, what l dont want is that my presidency end in anarchy, call me Adolf Hitler!!," Out of his political oppornents he saw a strong hand that was able to put a stop to political corrosion, political chaos and empty words. Such decision was very critical in the history of europe and germany politics in a higher sense.

I have admired the germany politics, its patriotism and its pride as well. For the first time a nation in history was built out of nothing more than the will of the people. Chancellor Bismack as the phalanx of a gigantic yet historical peoples' unification.

Back home: Zimbabwe is in its most pitiful state yet so terrifying, and someone introduces the national pledge. When the national pledge was introduced in schools l knew that the goddess of distress has never finished with us yet. It suddened my inner understanding on its truest objectives, timing and even the wording in its form. I knew that the same proven author of our misfortunes is dreaming of retaining power even at the face of political and social disasters he had put in place. Now let us examine the falsification of its objectives, a. national pledge will help children to fear God the almighty, b. to cherish work and c. to be patriotic so these wretched liars claim, this if not abetted earlier its a systematic replacement of education with indoctrination with an illthought objective of winning them to zanupf politically. Whoever disputes this assertion ignorantly or consciously will never learnt a hand in helping the truth to triumph. Is it not true that this gvt was supposed to make substantial economic policies, flush out political thrash that is expressing itself in individuals in power?, is it not true that there is need to nationalise learners to the service of the nation in a much more rational being in democratic lines. I believe and mantain that it is impossible to impart patriotism in a child who went to school late because the parent could not access all money from the bank. If such roudy and out dated measures like the national pledge are employed so as our children will revere certain individuals and associate them with divinity so as to love and vote them, the opposite will be achieved. Is it not true that economic resuscitation, social and moral regeneration can make our children more patriotic than ever?? Learners are going to school without prospects of a better tomorrow, they dont have role models who have made it as a result of education, their brothers and sisters are do nothings. They arent employed and are penniless. Even those with high sounding degrees are home sitted. Umemployment challenges which arent being solved are giving our children sleepless nights. Corruption of the highest proportion is being witnessed by our children. From the press to their own encounters. In the roads and everywhere. Every child is now familiar with (kudhiza). Our moral life has bein ridiculed and prostituted in all spheres of life without any vanguard created against the corrossion of their spiritual life. Our children are growing older than they should be. This is one more catastrophe we will never go by and go unpunished. Sexual pervasiveness and prostitution of our love life will put these kids at much risk of dying at a very early age. Surely the whole national stock of individuals cannot be allowed wipped out while political maneuvers and glory seekers keep children psychology in their dirty  service. No and again No.

Create jobs for the population, revamp the whole education system for it is not meeting the objectives of our time. It does nothing on the personal being in the moral aspect, citizenry, duty, rights, responsibility and physical labour, not naming manufactuting and innovation. Indeed radical measures must be put in place. These are more rational methods of securing the child to the service of the country and not to repeat certain partisan words everyday.

Zimbabwe needs a hand that will stop all political and economic experiments. Glory seekers must be wiped out, political profiteers must be dealt with even by more human means. Its high time someone wishes his presidency never to end in anarchy and call upon another young energetic folk to lead his people to victory, work and bread. That will help the children at school more than shouting a monotonous nuisance everyday in the name of instiling patriotism and the fear of God. When in actual fact its an illadviced way to make them zanupf a party which they have proved to be the author and architecture of their parents misfortunes hence their own problems.

Believe, S. Chikomo (is a political writer who developed much interest in history and matters of governance.)