Zimbabwe needs new innovative approaches if we are to satisfy most of the expectations of our people and take our rightful place as one of the leading nations in Africa and the world.
It's time Zimbabwe developed a people centred vision driven by the aspirations of all the citizens of our nation.
This vision can only become a reality if all her children internal and external (Diaspora) come together to coordinate efforts towards national development. We believe many have become expert's and knowledgeable because of their exposure to very challenging and diversified socio-economic and political environments, it is in these areas where their skills and knowledge can be transformed to realistic outcomes that can change our current struggling socio-economic and political environment.
This is why the formation of Freedom Justice Coalition Zimbabwe Party is a necessary step in ensuring the formation of a new people centred platform that understands and is well connected from grass-roots levels to Zimbabwean migrants living in various global locations. This is a party formed through a coalition, not of politicians negotiating and sharing power to protect individual interests but of ordinary Zimbabweans across the globe coming together to implement ideas they have hoped to be a part of for a long time. We all know well that our hopes and aspirations have continually been recklessly dishonoured, in-spite of the high-sounding unfulfilled promises over the years by politicians with little or no practical impact on the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans.
The first question most citizens ask when a new political party is formed is who is the President of Freedom Justice Coalition Zimbabwe Party, political party registration guidelines in Zimbabwe demand that all new parties should have an interim leader for registration purposes pending their first party Congress where official announcement of the party leader will be made. We felt the more common traditional approaches of politics tend to focus on individual leadership as opposed to team leadership, where a candidate who people do not know nor understand is imposed on them. We however think this is a mistake, while it is important to have individuals of vision in positions of leadership we believe it is more important, if not critical, to have robust institutions in order to avoid falling into the pit of impunity by individuals seeking to use institutions to fulfil individualistic ambitions. Some may argue that a party constitution can help guard against such but from experience we all know how easy it can be for influential individuals to conspire to change the document to suit their own selfish agenda's. In this regard we chose to put our party values and principles ahead of the individual image, so that when our members eventually elect our leader, it will be through a transparent nomination process that leads to a free and fair party election.
The story of Zimbabwe is well-documented and widely debated across the globe and we (members of FJCZ) are sure that many, ourselves included, had very high expectations of what could be achieved in a newly independent Zimbabwe – a Zimbabwe where hard work paid off, and responsibility was rewarded, and where anyone could make it if they tried, no matter who they were, where they came from or how they started out.
These hopes have been rapidly and repeatedly been dashed and trampled by greed and sheer impunity dominating our politics. The result of such politics has been laid bare for all to see with the in-fighting within the largest political players in Zimbabwe in the past few months. The truth is we simply cannot
afford to continue with this brand of politics and economics of “each man/woman for themselves" if we are serious about rebuilding the kind of society that gives fair opportunities to all citizens of our country. We know from our research and personal experiences that self-serving politics and individualistic approaches to economics and development do not result in strong economies and viable communities but rather in run-away deflation and inflation, failing industries, food shortages, a broken education system and general hopelessness amongst families and communities. We know it does not result in a prosperity that trickles down; it results in a prosperity that is enjoyed by the few at the expense of the many.
Many people know and can see that the decay in Zimbabwe's economy is getting worse by the day as more companies fold and parastatals get into more debt despite the recent large deposits of diamond and gold reserves. The political violence is on the increase, particularly In Harare where politically aligned supporting groups have become a law unto themselves, feared by all including the Zimbabwe Republic Police.
Moreover, the uncertainty of the economic and political environment has resulted in investors abandoning their investments in the country. The reality is the current crop of leaders seem to have no idea or lack the willpower to implement the necessary changes that would turn around such negative trends. It is worrisome, therefore, that in the face of unrelenting woes our leaders seem to be more concerned with enriching themselves and staying in power at all cost. Poverty and disease are on the increase and once again the numbers of desperately needed professionals are fleeing the country in droves.
As time passes us, the smokescreen created by ‘dollarization’ is lifting and the true nature of the rot and decay of the state of affairs in Zimbabwe is becoming more apparent.
Fellow citizens of Zimbabwe, our country seems to be bankrupt of both political leadership and ideas on how to resuscitate our ailing economy. We [FJCZ] might not have all the solutions to the problems that are besetting our nation, nor do we claim to, but what is obvious is that we need a new kind of leadership of the people untainted by corruption, that exists to serve the interests of ordinary citizens, and a party that is people centred and driven, with a clear vision on how to unite our people across geographical, racial and tribal boundaries and can harness our abundant human and material resources to revive our ailing economy and reverse the decline of services deserved by the people is needed and needed now and urgently.
Our country is blessed with many natural and human resources, yet it lacks the leadership to fully harness and utilise such resources. We as Freedom justice Coalition Zimbabwe Party aim to plug the gap by uniting our people and creating for them new opportunities to unleash their full potential and introducing a national vision embraced by all that has the capability to reverse and restore the good fortunes of our nation.
We know the people have become voiceless because of hearing too many unfulfilled promises, the word potential without the realisation of the said potential.
Bantu bakithi, vanhu veZimbabwe, citizens of Zimbabwe the task ahead is not easy nor can it be accomplished by a few individuals acting alone, it requires the combined effort of the whole nation to believe and realise that we all have an equal responsibility, regardless of race tribe, gender or age, to come together and work as one. It will take time, effort, resilience and endurance to create the nation that we can all be proud of. The time to take out our cheque books of hope and deposit them into the bank of togetherness is now. Future generations of Zimbabweans will depend on this investment for their very survival.
It is heart-breaking enough that there are millions of working families once in this country who have been forced into migration in search of social mobility and more secure and safer environments. But the idea that those families might not have a chance to return and contribute to national development would certainly be a great loss to Zimbabwe’s socio-economic and political growth. It is inexcusable. It is wrong. It flies in the face of everything that we stand for.
Now, fortunately, that is not a future that we have to accept, because there is an alternative view on how we can re-build a strong middle class in Zimbabwe – a view that is truer to our history, a vision that has been embraced in the past by people of all identities since Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle. It is not a view that we should somehow turn back technology or put up walls around Zimbabwe. It is not a view that says we should punish profit or success or pretend that government knows how to fix all of society's problems. It is a view that says in Zimbabwe we are greater together – when everyone engages in fair play and everybody gets a fair shot and everybody does their fair share.
In today's innovative society we need to commit to science and research to build the next generation of high-tech manufacturing and agricultural engineering jobs. Our factories and workers should not be idle. We should be giving people the chance to get new skills and training at community colleges so that they can learn how to make wind turbines, semi-conductors and high-powered batteries, we have the natural resources to do this. And by the way, if we do not succumb to the seductions of economies built on bubbles and financial speculation, our best and brightest will not all gravitate towards careers in banking and finance at the expense of careers in fields of food and wealth production. If we truly aspire to have an economy that is built to last, we need more of these young people in science and engineering as well.
Zimbabwe should not be known for bad debt and bad governance. We should be known for creating and selling products all around the world that are stamped with three proud words: “Made in Zimbabwe”.
We will be the first to admit that this is an ambitious vision and plan, many have and will doubt our ability to deliver it, but we are not here to prove a point. But rather we are here to invite every willing Zimbabwean to join us and contribute to help make the dream of a prosperous Zimbabwe a reality. We refuse to believe that the Zimbabwean Dream is an illusion. If we work together we can make Zimbabwe work for all her children again.
"The views expressed in this blog communication are collaborated by current FJCZ Administrator's and do not represent any single individual or view until official election of the party's President through a transparent legal election process."
It's time Zimbabwe developed a people centred vision driven by the aspirations of all the citizens of our nation.
This vision can only become a reality if all her children internal and external (Diaspora) come together to coordinate efforts towards national development. We believe many have become expert's and knowledgeable because of their exposure to very challenging and diversified socio-economic and political environments, it is in these areas where their skills and knowledge can be transformed to realistic outcomes that can change our current struggling socio-economic and political environment.
This is why the formation of Freedom Justice Coalition Zimbabwe Party is a necessary step in ensuring the formation of a new people centred platform that understands and is well connected from grass-roots levels to Zimbabwean migrants living in various global locations. This is a party formed through a coalition, not of politicians negotiating and sharing power to protect individual interests but of ordinary Zimbabweans across the globe coming together to implement ideas they have hoped to be a part of for a long time. We all know well that our hopes and aspirations have continually been recklessly dishonoured, in-spite of the high-sounding unfulfilled promises over the years by politicians with little or no practical impact on the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans.
The first question most citizens ask when a new political party is formed is who is the President of Freedom Justice Coalition Zimbabwe Party, political party registration guidelines in Zimbabwe demand that all new parties should have an interim leader for registration purposes pending their first party Congress where official announcement of the party leader will be made. We felt the more common traditional approaches of politics tend to focus on individual leadership as opposed to team leadership, where a candidate who people do not know nor understand is imposed on them. We however think this is a mistake, while it is important to have individuals of vision in positions of leadership we believe it is more important, if not critical, to have robust institutions in order to avoid falling into the pit of impunity by individuals seeking to use institutions to fulfil individualistic ambitions. Some may argue that a party constitution can help guard against such but from experience we all know how easy it can be for influential individuals to conspire to change the document to suit their own selfish agenda's. In this regard we chose to put our party values and principles ahead of the individual image, so that when our members eventually elect our leader, it will be through a transparent nomination process that leads to a free and fair party election.
The story of Zimbabwe is well-documented and widely debated across the globe and we (members of FJCZ) are sure that many, ourselves included, had very high expectations of what could be achieved in a newly independent Zimbabwe – a Zimbabwe where hard work paid off, and responsibility was rewarded, and where anyone could make it if they tried, no matter who they were, where they came from or how they started out.
These hopes have been rapidly and repeatedly been dashed and trampled by greed and sheer impunity dominating our politics. The result of such politics has been laid bare for all to see with the in-fighting within the largest political players in Zimbabwe in the past few months. The truth is we simply cannot
afford to continue with this brand of politics and economics of “each man/woman for themselves" if we are serious about rebuilding the kind of society that gives fair opportunities to all citizens of our country. We know from our research and personal experiences that self-serving politics and individualistic approaches to economics and development do not result in strong economies and viable communities but rather in run-away deflation and inflation, failing industries, food shortages, a broken education system and general hopelessness amongst families and communities. We know it does not result in a prosperity that trickles down; it results in a prosperity that is enjoyed by the few at the expense of the many.
Many people know and can see that the decay in Zimbabwe's economy is getting worse by the day as more companies fold and parastatals get into more debt despite the recent large deposits of diamond and gold reserves. The political violence is on the increase, particularly In Harare where politically aligned supporting groups have become a law unto themselves, feared by all including the Zimbabwe Republic Police.
Moreover, the uncertainty of the economic and political environment has resulted in investors abandoning their investments in the country. The reality is the current crop of leaders seem to have no idea or lack the willpower to implement the necessary changes that would turn around such negative trends. It is worrisome, therefore, that in the face of unrelenting woes our leaders seem to be more concerned with enriching themselves and staying in power at all cost. Poverty and disease are on the increase and once again the numbers of desperately needed professionals are fleeing the country in droves.
As time passes us, the smokescreen created by ‘dollarization’ is lifting and the true nature of the rot and decay of the state of affairs in Zimbabwe is becoming more apparent.
Fellow citizens of Zimbabwe, our country seems to be bankrupt of both political leadership and ideas on how to resuscitate our ailing economy. We [FJCZ] might not have all the solutions to the problems that are besetting our nation, nor do we claim to, but what is obvious is that we need a new kind of leadership of the people untainted by corruption, that exists to serve the interests of ordinary citizens, and a party that is people centred and driven, with a clear vision on how to unite our people across geographical, racial and tribal boundaries and can harness our abundant human and material resources to revive our ailing economy and reverse the decline of services deserved by the people is needed and needed now and urgently.
Our country is blessed with many natural and human resources, yet it lacks the leadership to fully harness and utilise such resources. We as Freedom justice Coalition Zimbabwe Party aim to plug the gap by uniting our people and creating for them new opportunities to unleash their full potential and introducing a national vision embraced by all that has the capability to reverse and restore the good fortunes of our nation.
We know the people have become voiceless because of hearing too many unfulfilled promises, the word potential without the realisation of the said potential.
Bantu bakithi, vanhu veZimbabwe, citizens of Zimbabwe the task ahead is not easy nor can it be accomplished by a few individuals acting alone, it requires the combined effort of the whole nation to believe and realise that we all have an equal responsibility, regardless of race tribe, gender or age, to come together and work as one. It will take time, effort, resilience and endurance to create the nation that we can all be proud of. The time to take out our cheque books of hope and deposit them into the bank of togetherness is now. Future generations of Zimbabweans will depend on this investment for their very survival.
It is heart-breaking enough that there are millions of working families once in this country who have been forced into migration in search of social mobility and more secure and safer environments. But the idea that those families might not have a chance to return and contribute to national development would certainly be a great loss to Zimbabwe’s socio-economic and political growth. It is inexcusable. It is wrong. It flies in the face of everything that we stand for.
Now, fortunately, that is not a future that we have to accept, because there is an alternative view on how we can re-build a strong middle class in Zimbabwe – a view that is truer to our history, a vision that has been embraced in the past by people of all identities since Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle. It is not a view that we should somehow turn back technology or put up walls around Zimbabwe. It is not a view that says we should punish profit or success or pretend that government knows how to fix all of society's problems. It is a view that says in Zimbabwe we are greater together – when everyone engages in fair play and everybody gets a fair shot and everybody does their fair share.
In today's innovative society we need to commit to science and research to build the next generation of high-tech manufacturing and agricultural engineering jobs. Our factories and workers should not be idle. We should be giving people the chance to get new skills and training at community colleges so that they can learn how to make wind turbines, semi-conductors and high-powered batteries, we have the natural resources to do this. And by the way, if we do not succumb to the seductions of economies built on bubbles and financial speculation, our best and brightest will not all gravitate towards careers in banking and finance at the expense of careers in fields of food and wealth production. If we truly aspire to have an economy that is built to last, we need more of these young people in science and engineering as well.
Zimbabwe should not be known for bad debt and bad governance. We should be known for creating and selling products all around the world that are stamped with three proud words: “Made in Zimbabwe”.
We will be the first to admit that this is an ambitious vision and plan, many have and will doubt our ability to deliver it, but we are not here to prove a point. But rather we are here to invite every willing Zimbabwean to join us and contribute to help make the dream of a prosperous Zimbabwe a reality. We refuse to believe that the Zimbabwean Dream is an illusion. If we work together we can make Zimbabwe work for all her children again.
"The views expressed in this blog communication are collaborated by current FJCZ Administrator's and do not represent any single individual or view until official election of the party's President through a transparent legal election process."
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