NPP – THE THIRD VOICE OF ZIMBABWE

By Themba Ndebele
19th October 2018

Zimbabwe, our country, blessed with everything one can ever think of : Good weather, God given minerals, good soils, an educated human resource base , beautiful tourism attractions, the list goes on and on but unfortunately it’s so sad to note that we are one of the poorest Nation in the world..

Our Schools have produced greater brains, Our Universities and Technical colleges have gracefully donated highly decorated graduates to the world.. Talent and Manpower developed has been wasted and exported freely to develop other Nations ..

We have watched and witnessed every inch of destruction taking place in our land.. The vandalization of Railway Infrastructure , the collapse of our Parastatals and Companies , CSC and Ziscosteel just to mention a few..

We have seen our Cities and Provincial Towns deteriorating over the years into shanty ghost dwelling places..

The once thriving Growth Points which should have grown into Export Processing Zones now resemble horror movie locations..

To imagine that we have gone 38 years of Independence and we still have rural schools where students learn under thatched shelters is disheartening, no proper blocks and facilities for a conducive learning environment, no electricity and qualified teachers.. We are talking about children who finish their so called education without testing the feeling of being in a Laboratory and a feeling of using a Computer ..

The Health delivery system is hanging by a thread..

Why in this day and age are we still having our mothers and sisters dying while giving birth..?

Why in this day and age are we still having our people perishing due to Cholera..?

Why in this day and age have we allowed our Youths to indulge in Alcohol and Drug Abuse ..?

Why in this day and age our people still have to walk for more than 20 km to a nearest clinic.

When it comes to Health Care issues, an Animal Farm concept comes into play – that some lives are more important than others..
When our leaders are in good health, they don’t even care about us the Povo who are not.

Actually it never rings in their minds that out there clinics need to be built and hospitals need to be equipped and stocked adequately.

Yes when they are in good Health they never think that one day they will need the same hospitals to give them life back.

Zanu will ever be Zanu and a leopard would never change its colours.

What started as a health checkup by Mugabe going abroad as far as Singapore became a life routine which has syphoned the Treasury coffers of millions of dollars..

Am sure it is documented somewhere, the nation should be enlightened as to how much the country has spent on one man and one family.. As if that was not enough we are witnessing the same trend again from our new Masters as they stampede to fly out to seek medical attention beyond our borders.

The Ministry of Health should have the statistics of our Doctors and Senior Nurses who have left the country for greener pastures, the nation needs to know the figures and what likely would have been the situation if all our Doctors were here..

Talking about Medical Tourism how many people would fly to Zimbabwe for medical attention if everything was equal.?
And surely even in our rural clinics doctors would stampede to go and work there.

The biggest question is :WHY don’t we Invest in Hospital Equipment and Machinery . Why don’t we invest in Pharmaceutical Industry. Honestly do we need Julius Malema to remind us that we do have Hospitals in our country..

Despite the fact that rains have been falling favorably in our country and that our water bodies are over 80% full, it still boggles the mind why we continue importing Wheat ..

Bread is in short supply yet we have the land and water.. Zimbabwe requires 350 000 metric tonnes of wheat and our farmers struggle to produce 150 000 metric tonnes meaning the deficit has to be imported, something is wrong somewhere in our Agricultural sector, why should we borrow Millions of Dollars only to import wheat, soya and other cereals, this is totally unacceptable .

Equally so, water is abundant in our dams but our Cities and Towns are failing to deliver the special liquid to all the residents.

Needlessly, lives are being lost due to negligence and incopentence by our local Authorities as water reticulation and service delivery still remains a huge challenge.

Indeed Zimbabwe needs another voice, Zimbabwe needs new ideas, Zimbabwe needs new talent… A third voice is really needed in this juncture to level up things and move Zimbabwe forward.

What other option do we have..? Elections have come and gone and we just have to live with our choices for the next five years.

Its a known fact that Two Political Parties Zanu and MDC have controlled the running of our day to day lives in this country both Nationally and in local Government respectively, well the results are there for all of us to see.. Massive Corruption and Mismanagement is the order of the day and the big question is : Are we having proper checks and balances for both Parties ..?

Behind our backs do we even know if the two entities agree on some aspects that disadvantage us the Povo in their quest to safeguard their interests.?

If we check and follow the debates and contributions in Parliament one can easily see that we are headed for another 5 more years of wastage .

Why should National policies and issues be debated along Party lines.?

Why should we have road lanes for Zanu and MDC going in opposite direction always.

Zimbabweans need to emulate and appreciate the Political Environment in South Africa where three Parties ANC, DA and EFF share the same space and hold each other accountable, Zimbabwe needs that too..

With two Council Seats in the bag, the National People’s Party (NPP) President Dr JTR Mujuru has vowed to continue with the quest of growing NPP into a third Force Zimbabwe needs . A signal the world has been waiting for indeed.

Dr JTR Mujuru said the party would soldier on
“We are moving- Everything is by God’s plan’ she said.

A refreshing statement that NPP is much Alive and Here to stay, a development that resonate well with the need for democracy in Zimbabwe. Surely a tone has been set for the rejuvenation of the Party

Exciting times are coming as NPP positions itself to conquer new Horizons in the political landscape of the country..

As the calls for a Third Voice in Parliament grows louder NPP vows to work hard to have representatives in both the National Assembly and Local Government.

As long we have one voice calling for development and the other calling for destruction Zimbabwe will not go anywhere, we should indeed have another voice that will call for Peace and Unity , a voice that will point to all the Wrongs without Fear or Favor .. NPP is the voice Zimbabwe will hear for Proper Representation and Accountability .

Yes, if we can accept that there is Dynamos, Highlanders and Caps United, let’s also Accept that we have Zanu, MDC and NPP

Zimbabwe need to tap from the wisdom and experience of Dr JTR Mujuru a decorated Freedom Fighter and Leader .

Aluta Continua

Themba Ndebele
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Harare Province