Zimbabwe: National Pledge Instils Patriotism, Work Ethic

THIS is the first time our country 'Great Zimbabwe' has put a home grown and constitutional youth alignment policy that seeks to correctly nurture its children to be innovative and creative. It puts the children in a critical thinking phenomenon that 'baby crying' is unproductive and forbids development. The National Pledge in my humble view makes the children understand that it is only through hard work and not engaging in corrupt activities which make a human being live a prosperous life leading to the creation of wealth and economic development. It is this 'national pledge' which to me resonates with the adage 'catch them young' that makes these children, who are Zimbabwe's future leaders, become defenders of their nationhood and be in a position to guard jealously their heritage and hard-won Independence.

While the Constitution talks about individual rights and yet some Zimbabweans may feel such rights are violated, I don't believe that there is an adulteration of the Constitution. It is common knowledge that individual rights are naturally subordinate to collective rights. It is also common that there is no absolute fairness or judgement but judgement and fairness working in the interest of the majority carries the day.

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