By Margaret Kamba
ZANU PF Second Secretary and Vice President Cde K.C.D Mohadi today lit the Independence Flame at Dzapasi Assembly Point in Murambinda, Buhera, Manicaland Province.
The ceremony comes ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, which are being held in Murambinda, Manicaland Province.
We celebrate independence this week on the 18th of April with our hearts filled with joy over the sacrifice by our heroes and heroines who were maimed while others lost their lives to bring us the freedom we enjoy today.
The dedicated comrades who were left in Mozambique among other places are also currently in the country to celebrate the independence that they fought for.
Many are wondering what it is exactly that I am saying. Those in touch with the spiritual world understand perfectly that we have gallant sons and daughters of the soil who were killed during Zimbabwe's liberation struggle in our midst to join us in celebrating the 44 years of independence just as we are.
The boys and girls who left their homes, the boarding schools and never came back, are back home to be in Murambinda and all the other provinces where men and women will gather for the independence celebrations.
Who exactly are we celebrating? Why exactly are we celebrating? Is it necessary to celebrate? All these are questions that may probably be running through the minds of many who do not understand what prevailed before.
These are questions by many who do not understand what it meant living under colonial rule. These are men and women who have no idea of the spirit of Ambuya Nehanda which enveloped the boys and girls resulting in their involuntary deserting of all else just to bring independence.
The surprise attacks on Mwarazi River and Ndoro kraal were real. The ambush at Kadyamukonde was real. The mine warfare at Mudzi was real. Chuckie Chimurenga's records are real. These are just a few of them containing the horror and terror that those grade 5s, 6s, and other met with as they signed up to fight for their motherland.
We are in a third war. That of economic emancipation. What part are you playing to develop your country? What have you committed to doing for your motherland? It's not too late to sign up for this third war that will spring this economy to an upper middle-income society.As we celebrate this 44 years of independence, ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for it.
Happy 44 years, Zimbabwe.