For the last 34 years we have waited for a better and more responsible political leadership that pursues our national objectives to the benefit of all Zimbabweans without destroying value and marginalising citizens who happen to differ with them. Mugabe has failed to unite Zimbabweans under a compelling grand vision. It has been estimated that he has possibly destroyed an estimated USD96Billion worth of value since 2000 through his acts of commission and omission. Add humanitarian suffering to this and the cost in unimaginable. Slogans and racist rhetoric have dominated his language and the country has nothing to show for it. It's a fantastic failure of a country with so much potential.
For the last 15 years we have also been waiting for change from the MDC-T. We have dreamed of a better Zimbabwe; a society characterized by freedom, equality, fairness and justice; the very things that our "liberators" failed to deliver to us. To this day, we must still be attending conferences about change.
We have been asked to wait until 2018, another five years as unemployment and poverty increase with most of our people reduced to traders on the pavement of Harare in order to survive. We have seen how our leaders and their cronies continue to live as if in another country, where those in the top echelons of our public institutions pay themselves better that those in America. Excuses of no delivery dominate our language. That's unacceptable.
All this has happened despite the GNU and national elections that were meant to bring change. Clearly Tsvangirai failed to ensure that reforms are put in place as he enjoyed the false comforts of office, while Mugabe prevaricated to our detriment. They have both let us down.
I am highly annoyed when I hear praise singers now claiming that God has ordained Tsvangirai to lead us into democracy, despite his obvious shortcomings which pose a significant threat to the Zimbabwe we want to create. This has been said before with regard to Mugabe. If God be for us he must now surely hear our cries.
I am no longer convinced that those that are in politics in Zimbabwe are the best brains we have to take our country forward. Mass popularity does not necessarily deliver good leadership. We will ever learn?