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If people were suffering during the colonial era, I don’t know how to explain the situation now.

Are the people of Zimbabwe better-off now?

By associating the current election circus with the war of liberation, the government wants people to believe that they are better off now, is that so?

Independence is about not being subject to control by others, it’s about Freedom and Individualism. So if I may ask, are we really independent in Zimbabwe? We are grateful to all those who fought to liberate Zimbabwe and give us this ‘free’ life. But are we not being controlled by these same people? ‘being colonised by our own’.

Are we really free to exercise our constitutional rights?

The war of liberation was about ensuring equal and fair distribution of land and other national resources. So, is every Zimbabwean getting their fair share of the national cake? Is every Zimbabwean getting their fair share of the land? Land invasions maybe a sign that even all these years after independence land is not equally distributed in Zimbabwe. We still have white farmers owning large pieces of land, we have some few blacks owning more than one farms of the prime farming land whilst the majority remain in the same areas they were before independence.
So what is independence if we do not have the land that rightfully belong to us the majority.

On this occasion of our independence, what does the future hold for Zimbabwe? What type of celebrations are we going to have under the current circumstances?

- there is the mystery of the elections that probably were never meant to take place, if they were, were are the results? (see my previous post here)
- there is hunger and starvation in the country, there is a general collapse of public services.
- there is a shortage of basic commodities.
- people spend time in queues waiting for deliveries they don’t even know when they come.
- inflation is said to be over 150 000 percent.
- we have the highest denomination note of ZW$50 million
- the economy is in a real mess with no signs of recovery
- the country is full of starving billionaires.
- HIV and AIDS is killing thousands of our people.
- thousand are fleeing the country everyday in search of a better life elsewhere.
- there is violence being perpetrated by Zimbabweans on Zimbabweans just for the sake of votes. I thought the war of liberation was to allow every Zimbabwean freedom to speak through the ballot?
- what about those branded British puppets, are they really British puppets?

So, given all these issues and many more are we really independent Zimbabwe? Is there any reason to be celebrating under these circumstances? A few people will feast during independence celebrations whilst the majority starve.