Luke Batsirai Tamborinyoka: “MEMORY is a site of the struggle. Only in the rubric of yester-year memories can we trace where we have come from so that we use the lessons of the past to forge and sharpen future struggles on the anvil of a history that has been seriously reflected upon. Exactly 16 years ago to the day, on 15 September 2008, political leaders in Zimbabwe who had tenaciously rivalled for almost a decade turned the proverbial swords into plough shares in what became known as the Global Political Agreement (GPA) which poised our country for peace, growth and development. Superintended by the regional body SADC in the aftermath of a contested election in which then President Robert Mugabe had famously lost to his arch-rival Morgan Tsvangirai before engaging in retributive violence on a hapless electorate in a contrived bloody run-off poll, the GPA became a historic backdrop to the consummation of an inclusive government that was to give respite to a despondent nation. Today, especially to those of us who were his trusted lieutenants, all we can do is reminisce about this iconic patriot called Tsvangirai who won the March 29 2008 presidential election but still had the grace and humility to agree to serve in the junior position of Prime Minister for the sake of the nation he loved.”
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