By A Correspondent- The great thinker T.E Lawrence once said, “All men dream, but not equally.

Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.”

All dreamers who dream that Zimbabwe will ever rise and be a normal country that it used to be are dreamers who dream by night and wake up to realise that they only had been dreaming.

The poor results of Grade 7 pupils in Zimbabwe is a clear indication of how much a failed state Zimbabwe is and an indication whether or not it will ever rise again from the dust.

Imagine what kind of leaders will Zimbabwe produce some 3 to 4 decades to come if its schools are under-performing as they are doing in all these past years.

When all other countries in the world are investing much in their young generations, Zimbabwe is totally destroying its simply because of its extreme desire of suppressing and oppressing Mthwakazi people in all forms. 

It does not come as a surprise to us as Mthwakazi to learn that most of the schools that under-performed are Mthwakazi schools.

Maybe Zimbabweans could be scratching their heads trying to figure out what went wrong as they have the government that wishes them well.

On the other hand it may not worry them again as they know that failing at any level of education has never been a hindrance to them to further their studies or landing them jobs anywhere as their government will issue them with back door certificates.

Their only worry could only be on, are they ever going to be able to run their country with success?

That  should be their only worry, bearing it in mind that if one of their most educated Mugabe failed them as he did with loads of educational qualifications that he was said to be having, then what will one reliant on back door certificates do for them.

Our investigation has revealed that teachers in Mthwakazi schools have not been getting paid while those in Mashonaland have been getting their pay. Although late sometimes, Mashonaland based teachers were getting paid to see them in school yards doing their work.

The investigation further revealed that with the stay away of teachers having started back in January, some teachers in Mthwakazi schools only went to their  schools to safeguard their jobs, not to teach children.

Very few of the teachers did their duties as usual under the conditions of no pay and those were Mthwakazi born teachers, while many of the Shona teachers deployed in Mthwakazi schools were going for days out of their school yards and if in school, they would dare be seen in learning rooms.

Therefore as people without the government for now and people who believe in a future that is bright when its young generation is happy, we call upon all Mthwakazi communities to unite and decide what is best for their children.

It is said, “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”

It is the time that we trust the Zimbabwe and Shona government no more with the future of our children. Together as communities, let us put together the little of the resources we have and pay teachers who will educate our children.

The colonial Zimbabwe government hates us and it will never do anything for us because it strives to see us continue under its rule. For that reason it will do all it can to deprive our children some education because it fears the brain of an educated man.

If we start doing that, that will also help determine who teaches our children.

Vuka Mthwakazi Vuka