EVERY GENERATION HAS A RIGHT TO A RITE OF PASSAGE (July 23, 2003)

(Even The Illegitimate Mugabe Regime, The Matshonisa, Should Know That)

Every generation has a right to a rite of passage, and every generation has a duty to fulfill such rite of passage –– in a universal ethos torch-passing rite of enlightment.

But for our generation of African youth –– burdened with the pernicious legacy of Matshonisa The Incubus –– this time-honored transitional tradition presents some uncomfortable rite of passage home-truths: are we to accept a shameful bloody litany of war crimes and a civil strife culture –– from the Matshonisa’s 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities to the 2002 brazen electoral fraud and its associated militia reign of terror that knows no bounds –– as good and proper rite of passage ethos torches? Or realistically and prudently, should we consign such She-Devil’s bequest of wrath pathos to the dustbin of history.

Should we take leave of our senses by throwing caution to the wind, by embracing Matshonisa the incubus and his caravan of SADC /NEPAD cronies/apologist, and thereby fail to learn the lessons of history –– even though those who ignore history are bound to be condemned by it?

But, perhaps, we must Remember, remember that the court of public opinion is still open; open and still in session –– waiting, watching and waiting for our debate about a way out of this a torched tortured MATSHONISA rite of passage burden…

But don’t tell the MATSHONISA, the Mugabe regime… - for MATSHONISA knows not the spirit of tolerance nor this age of democratic enlightment, for he lives not in these our times but lives in the past (past all reason) –– there where, in his mind, the CHIMURENGA still rages on…

By: Thabo Siziba.