The people have spoken!
October 7th, 2005
Godfrey Huggins School in Marondera called a parents’ meeting on Tuesday 4th October to discuss school fees. After the School authorities had indicated the huge increase in fees which would be necessary to keep the School running at a time of hyper-inflation an old man, Sekuru, rose slowly to his feet to speak. He was visibly angry:
“I am an old man,” he said, “and I have six orphaned grandchildren to care for. I have to pay their school fees. Now I am unemployed. I used to earn enough money by selling vegetables. Now I am not allowed to do that any more. The government has chased all vendors off the streets. So how can I pay the school fees ? If they are raised then I am prepared to fight. My family has suffered enough. Now I am ready for a civil war.”
The old man sat down to tumultuous applause.
Also seated in the audience and listening intently to Sekuru was none other than Sydney Sekeramayi, ZANU PF chef, loyal ally of Robert Mugabe and Minister of Defence in his Cabinet. It was impossible to read the inscrutable expression on his face. But he has heard the truth, and God help him and his ZANU PF colleagues responsible for the intolerable suffering, if they do not change their ways – at once.
ZVAKWANA ! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ! SOKWANELE !
The people of the land have spoken.
