We've all heard the all familiar saying.."Change is good". For the past few months I've been following US politics...so much for being apolitical... guess I too have changed. As the whole world turns their gaze to the 'Super Tuesday' results, it just makes me realize that this is a serious but exciting time. I am rooting for Barack Obama....and not becoz he is a black man, but becoz I have come to admire him and what he stands for - guess that is what we call charisma!. More importantly I have come to believe that it is time for change. There is something about Obama, and his wife....they have sincerity. When they talk, you know and feel that every fibre in their bones is aching for change, just like a lot of people everywhere. All the best to Obama!
Across the seas, Zimbabwe's former Minister of Finance announced he would be running for presidency. When I heard this news something deep down in me came to life. Its like there was a seed planted a long time back and it just got its first water droplets. I am sure a lot of Zimbabweans worldwide have that seed, that has been longing for just but a drop of water and that seed is change, and we have all been looking for that instrument for Change. We often talk about the need for change, but what have we done about it.
I have always rooted for Simba Makoni and seen potential in Him. Like Obama, I think he has charisma, and given his credentials ( former Executive Secretary of SADC and various ministerial posts) . Maybe he could be our own Barack Obama. It takes a lot of frustration and determination for one to position themselves to become an instrument of change. In the US its not about being black, its about the economy, bringing the troops back home, and strong foreign policies. In Zimbabwe, its not about the tribe, it is also about the economy , and restoring to a great people their great country and their pride and their dignity.
I do not know what the future holds but I see a flicker of hope. Let us not be toothless dogs who keep barking for change and thereafter do nothing to effect change. Let us support those who have taken a stand and have purposed to effect change. To Americans and Zimbabweans worldwide... we may be world apart, but our quest is the same. This is our time, we can make history...."YES WE CAN" . Let us be united for a common goal - CHANGE. Let us VOTE. When we do not vote we have no one to blame but ourselves.
