From the day I heard that my brother and comrade Emmanuel Sitima had been denied bail by the High Court, my heart has been filled with anger, pain and deep grief over what our Judiciary system is rapidly becoming. Every passing day, it becomes clearer that justice in Zimbabwe is no longer blind — it is captured, selective, and increasingly being weaponised against young people who dare to think, speak, and organise.
Cdes, this situation is now getting completely out of hand. We can not continue normalising this nonsense as if it is acceptable in a constitutional democracy. We can not continue watching young leaders being criminalised simply for raising their voices against injustice and the dangerous political direction our country is taking.
What is happening to Emmanuel Sitima and other conscious young citizens is bigger than one individual. It is a warning shot directed at an entire generation — a message meant to instill fear, silence dissent, and discourage organisation. But history has taught us that oppression always reaches a point where people can no longer remain silent.
Frantz Fanon wrote in The Wretched of the Earth in 1961:
“When we revolt, it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe.”
Cdes, many of us can no longer breathe under this collapsing and repressive system. We are watching institutions that are supposed to defend justice, becoming instruments of political persecution. We are watching the law being twisted to punish courage, leadership, and revolutionary consciousness.
The question is no longer whether things are bad. The question is: how much more are we willing to tolerate before we organise ourselves into action?
Silence is no longer an option. Neutrality is no longer an option. The time to organise, mobilise, and defend justice is now.
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