The Sunday Mail
Ministry of Truth with Cde Jason Zhuwao
The Ministry of Truth would like to congratulate His Excellency the President Cde RG Mugabe on his appointment as Rapporteur of the AU Bureau for 2016.
He is one of the most cherished nationalists because of his numerous contributions towards an independent African.
His term as the AU Chairman is proof enough that he has remained resolute in maintaining a united Africa that says no to undue foreign interference.
He is one man who has shunned Western involvement in African politics for the simple reason that he cannot stomach capitalistic ideologies which seek to maintain white supremacy over people of colour.
Ideological differences have brought mixed feelings over how socio-economic and political issues should be handled.
This has been the trend since the colonial age when some started believing that Westerners were the epitome of development.
Cde RG Mugabe has always been the one who has said Africans should look to Africa for salvation and the emancipation of the black race.
Our President has always been a firm activist for total African freedom. Over the years he has strongly advocated for fairness despite racial differences.
It takes well-grounded leaders, who are resolute and upright to stand and defend the African heritage. President RG Mugabe is one of very few remaining African revolutionary fathers who have contributed immensely to the liberation of Africa in general and Zimbabwe in particular.
At the just-ended African Union Summit, he made what some sections of the media thought were controversial statements towards Western powers.
Africa is a rich continent. It has all the resources that Europe needs. For this reason, Westerners are not willing to stop meddling in African affairs.
This is the reason why wars do not end in Africa. It is not because Africans are savages but simply because disputes are created in the West and we are told that they must be resolved by the UN Security Council.
Rebel movements in Africa are largely Western-sponsored. And when the fighting reaches a point suitable to the West, the matter is taken to the Security Council.
We are talking here about a council on which Africa has at best very marginal representation.
His Excellency has called for the reform of the UN Security council, emphasising on justice and impartiality.
This is something he has said time and again. He was one of the few African leaders who could boldly stand and criticise the Security Council outcomes on Libya that have left that country in a state of perpetual war.
Libya was once one of the richest countries in Africa and had one of the best standards of living in the world.
It now has a very poor and insecure population struggling to make a living from the remains of what was once a prosperous country until the Security Council did what it did.
There is no security for the African when the Security Council remains constituted as it is without any permanent African representation.
The reform of the UN Security Council is possible if African leaders are to stand united in pursuing this imperative goal.
We need to realise that we have a common agenda when it comes to continental development. We must realise that we will not develop on the basis of donor aid through NGOs, or through the prescriptions of the IMF and the World Bank.
This is the vision that President Mugabe aptly captured in his brilliant speech to the AU Assembly this January. This is the reason why every single leader in attendance stood up and applauded our President barely ten minutes into his inspiring delivery.
The reform of the UN Security Council will bring fairness and equality amongst continents and nations.
Africa needs to find its voice on this matter so that it gets the respect that its peoples deserve.
Cde Jason Zhuwao is district chair of the Zanu-PF Harare Central Youth League and CEO of Team Zanu-PF Live, the party organ for mass dissemination of information, research, mobilisation, networking, live updating of current affairs and e-media campaigning
