In a statement, Kasukuwere said the country’s economic
malaise was forcing Zimbabweans to migrate to neighbouring countries in search
of greener pastures.
“As we celebrate and remember, let’s not forget the
Zimbabwean child toiling because of lack of employment, lack of empowerment and
lack of services. Let us not forget the millions of Zimbabweans who have been
forced to live as second-class citizens in other countries, sometimes subjected
to degrading and inhumane conditions and discrimination in these foreign
domiciles,” Kasukuwere, who is former Zanu PF political commissar, said.
He condemned imprisonment of citizens without charge,
saying Zimbabweans should unite to build a better country and ensure that peace
and prosperity prevails.
“No Zimbabwean should be imprisoned without charge for
lawfully and rightfully taking part in our politics, no Zimbabwean should be
persecuted because of political differences and no Zimbabwean should be exiled
because of personal or political differences.
“Ours is no longer a war of canons and guns, it is a war to
deliver economic independence. We are no longer pressed with racial inequality,
but we see economic inequality all around us. Let us seize the opportunity to
be the heroes of future generations and present. Let us rise to our
generational calling. Out of us, heroes must emerge.
“To the pioneering nationalists, the trade unionists, the
detainees, the war veterans, mothers who cooked, the elders who faced the enemy
in concentration villages and the collaborators, today is your day,” Kasukuwere
said in reference to the Heroes Day celebrations yesterday. Newsday
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