Fare thee well citizen president, 

What we owe to the sacrifice, valour and vigilance of such a monumental man is priceless.

Dabengwa was a distinct persona, patriot and selfless leader who chose principle over power, institutional autonomy over piecemeal whitewash conventions of independence and decreed unity.

The man set apart the essence of what it means to be free for which to most zimbabweans shall remain just a figment of imagination, when his people where killed during the gukurahundi he chose not to cohabit with and legitimise a murderous and treacherous government, it is in this vein that Dabengwa declared he was never ZANU.

The same government hunted and taunted the man to his grave, we owe this phenomenal figure the support which we refused to lend him when he spoke out as a lone voice against tyranny and oppression.

Our flame of hope has been extinguished but our betrayal will live on long after he is gone, 

Lala ngokhuthula qhawe lami, butho likhamthwakazi.

Aluta continua, till freedom reigns from the mountains of ntabazinduna to the gorges and valleys of mosi-oa-tunya the struggle will continue.

Tata dabengwa one day I will tell my children and grandchildren, I lived in the times of Dabengwa an embodiment of valour, culture and the values of freedom.

Rest in power comrade till our mission is complete we shall meet again.  Straight from the heart to the pen.

I remain Samson Zwide KaMloyiswa Nxumalo