The Sunday Mail
THERE has been some hullabaloo from the usual quarters since the Zanu-PF Youth League made a proposal that February 21, the President’s birthday be made a public holiday.
We expected the hired monkeys to squeak, but let’s make one thing very bold and clear here – February 21 will be made a public holiday in honour of Zimbabwe’s revolutionary leader. The hired monkeys may squeak and try to delay the process but February 21 will be a public holiday.
This may happen this year or not, but its not debatable that this will happen. On this proposal, we are fully behind the ruling party’s youth league led by Cde Pupurai Togarepi and we will support them to the hill.
In fact, we think Cde Togarepi and his team are being too nice. While February 21 will certainly be declared a public, we think it would be a brilliant idea to name the National Sports Stadium after President Mugabe.
This is the reason why we also applaud the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Professor Jonathan Moyo for suggesting that a university be named after the revolutionary leader.
We need to celebrate and honour our revolutionary leader while he is still alive and all patriots should make no apology about it.
While the hired monkeys in Zimbabwe are making all manner of noise, reports from Ethiopia say the continent can’t get enough of this grandmaster of African politics.
President Mugabe, who was the AU chairman, has been elected Rapporteur of the AU Bureau for 2016, keeping him in the leadership of the continental bloc for yet another year.
This means President Mugabe will be on the AU Bureau for three years by the end of 2016, having been elected to the body in 2014 when fellow African leaders made him their First Deputy Chair.
Last year he chaired the bloc and this year he continues on the Bureau.
The AU Bureau steers the bloc’s activities and comprises of the Chair, three deputies and the Rapporteur. For 2016, the other members of the Bureau are Deputy Chairs Benin, Rwanda and Libya.
President Idriss Déby Itno of Chad would succeed President Mugabe as the AU Chair did not make it a secret that the task ahead would not be any easy following the high standards set by the revolutionary leader.
“It is not an easy task to succeed His Excellency President Robert Mugabe as you all know.
“I doubt that I have the words, that I have the language, the frank and direct language, nor his capacity. But we will try and do our best,” he said.
When Presidents of other African countries are singing praise of our President, why should we hesitate to honour him in grand style? Cde Togarepi and his team should make deafening noise about their proposal. Our support is guaranteed.
Reports say even AU Commission Chair Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma praised the historical contextualisation that President Mugabe gave proceedings during his tenure. She praised his political acumen, the towering intellect and the dose of humour with which he eased things along.
“Let me thank the Chairperson of the Union for the excellent guidance over the past year…” she said.
And already, Africa is singing the same tune with President Mugabe with regards to the export of raw materials. Dr Dlamini-Zuma told the AU that Africa must stop exports of raw minerals and invest in value addition to unlock real value of its natural endowment for its people.
President Mugabe has made Zimbabwe a pioneer in land reform, a leader in indigenisation and a champion of black empowerment in Africa. What else do we want from him?
It’s like Zimbabwe is living in the future, thanks to the vision and the leadership of our principled leader.
It’s high time that Africa moves away from the backward culture of celebrating and honouring its heroes when they are gone.
We repeat, February 21 will be a public holiday in Zimbabwe. It’s not a matter of if but when and we hope the responsible authorities are ceased with the matter because with all that President Mugabe has done for this country, one gets a feeling that we have let him down.
Why should the whole continent see the value in our President yet at home we allow hired monkeys to make noise in a bid to stop us from honouring our revolutionary leader?
COMMENT – February 21: Bring on the fight!
The Sunday Mail
THERE has been some hullabaloo from the usual quarters since the Zanu-PF Youth League made a proposal that February 21, the President’s birthday be made a public holiday.
We expected the hired monkeys to squeak, but let’s make one thing very bold and clear here – February 21 will be made a public holiday in honour of Zimbabwe’s revolutionary leader. The hired monkeys may squeak and try to delay the process but February 21 will be a public holiday.
This may happen this year or not, but its not debatable that this will happen. On this proposal, we are fully behind the ruling party’s youth league led by Cde Pupurai Togarepi and we will support them to the hill.
In fact, we think Cde Togarepi and his team are being too nice. While February 21 will certainly be declared a public, we think it would be a brilliant idea to name the National Sports Stadium after President Mugabe.
This is the reason why we also applaud the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Professor Jonathan Moyo for suggesting that a university be named after the revolutionary leader.
We need to celebrate and honour our revolutionary leader while he is still alive and all patriots should make no apology about it.
While the hired monkeys in Zimbabwe are making all manner of noise, reports from Ethiopia say the continent can’t get enough of this grandmaster of African politics.
President Mugabe, who was the AU chairman, has been elected Rapporteur of the AU Bureau for 2016, keeping him in the leadership of the continental bloc for yet another year.
This means President Mugabe will be on the AU Bureau for three years by the end of 2016, having been elected to the body in 2014 when fellow African leaders made him their First Deputy Chair.
Last year he chaired the bloc and this year he continues on the Bureau.
The AU Bureau steers the bloc’s activities and comprises of the Chair, three deputies and the Rapporteur. For 2016, the other members of the Bureau are Deputy Chairs Benin, Rwanda and Libya.
President Idriss Déby Itno of Chad would succeed President Mugabe as the AU Chair did not make it a secret that the task ahead would not be any easy following the high standards set by the revolutionary leader.
“It is not an easy task to succeed His Excellency President Robert Mugabe as you all know.
“I doubt that I have the words, that I have the language, the frank and direct language, nor his capacity. But we will try and do our best,” he said.
When Presidents of other African countries are singing praise of our President, why should we hesitate to honour him in grand style? Cde Togarepi and his team should make deafening noise about their proposal. Our support is guaranteed.
Reports say even AU Commission Chair Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma praised the historical contextualisation that President Mugabe gave proceedings during his tenure. She praised his political acumen, the towering intellect and the dose of humour with which he eased things along.
“Let me thank the Chairperson of the Union for the excellent guidance over the past year…” she said.
And already, Africa is singing the same tune with President Mugabe with regards to the export of raw materials. Dr Dlamini-Zuma told the AU that Africa must stop exports of raw minerals and invest in value addition to unlock real value of its natural endowment for its people.
President Mugabe has made Zimbabwe a pioneer in land reform, a leader in indigenisation and a champion of black empowerment in Africa. What else do we want from him?
It’s like Zimbabwe is living in the future, thanks to the vision and the leadership of our principled leader.
It’s high time that Africa moves away from the backward culture of celebrating and honouring its heroes when they are gone.
We repeat, February 21 will be a public holiday in Zimbabwe. It’s not a matter of if but when and we hope the responsible authorities are ceased with the matter because with all that President Mugabe has done for this country, one gets a feeling that we have let him down.
Why should the whole continent see the value in our President yet at home we allow hired monkeys to make noise in a bid to stop us from honouring our revolutionary leader?
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