To our men and women who sacrificed their lives for us.

We are now heading to that day of the year (Heroes day) where we as a nation come together to honour those who perished in the great wars of independence, and those who contributed in one way or the other ( VanaZvibwido (aids) and zvimujibha (military informers and the wide community who provided for food and other service. It will be fair to say Zimbabwe as a nation was brought by collective effort and we want to think there so many Heroes who committed their lives for the benefit of every common man and woman of all races, some of these heroes failed to turn up in 1980 at a time when we raised the national flag so high in the skies.

Ian Smith the Buthcer of Zimabwean in the 1970s

We will remain thankful to the service they rendered to their country which some they failed to see thriving and we also continue to appreciate the presence of serving Heroes who are still amongst ourselves. All these men and women worked so hard to bring down an unjust system in our country,indeed they played a vital part in our national history .As such it will it will need more time in our life time to nature the same principle and values these men and women sacrificed for the cause of this country. They endured one of the very difficult life experience to bring our freedom, the war they fought were based on the fundamental values of our forefathers, those fundamental values which led sekuru and mbuya nehanda to take arms intended to drive away western imperialism, defending our national identity and heritage .This is the dream that our heroes of the 21st century shared, a true sacrifice which was aimed at bringing down the evil and unjust society.


Hebert Chitepo, Josiah Tongogara, Chikerema, J.Z Moyo,Nikita Mangena , Joshua Nkomo and Msika, and the unknown fallen heroes are all history but our hearts are overjoyed by the fresh air they opened to us. They clearly made a foundation for us as the new generation and the future of this country to carry on with the vision and values of safeguarding our national heritage. Whether you agree with me or not the sacrifice of our national heroes must be honoured by all of us today from all political background, never shall we ever forget the birth of our country, it was not easy but we finally raised the flag. Comrades, friends and all Zimbabweans none of us today deserve a national hero’s status other than those and our ageing freedom fighters who are now departing one by one. We as the future, of this country should aim to create a sustainable socio-economic and political climate free from violence, abuse and above all safeguarding our national sovereignty.

I encourage everyone to rise above party politics and put our country first on this day, in very country heroes are honoured and civilians attend to all national events so should we here at home. Those who perished fighting for this country cloud have wanted to live long had they not offered themselves on fire, therefore its something we got to appreciate. We remember the Chimoi and Nyadzonya massacre where thousands lost their lives. President Robert Mugabe and other national heroes achieved their goal of creating the country’s foundation. Zimbabwe`s human development index was above 60% in all indexes up to year 2000, which is we are a striving nation. Now it’s up to us (The new generation) to reignite the Zimbabwean pride. I am now asking you my fellow comrades to rekindle our future, building a new Zimbabwe which resembles a modern way of thinking laced on the same principle of patriotism.

Peace to all of us and lets continues to aspire for better and provide charity wherever its required and maintain the stewardship of our heritage y, our country is confronted by numerous challenges ranging from global warming, neo-colonialism and economic sabotages as we have witnessed in the last decade.

Ranganai chiwara is a young nationalist and his interests lies  in the area of human  development, global diplomatic relations, home affairs  and national security.