The last four decades for Zimbabwe have largely been a period of great adversity;

• The armed struggle was fought for a better system of inclusivity, multiracial harmony and shared prosperity; unfortunately, all this is yet to be realised.
• It would seem most evidently that the agenda was hijacked amidst a very poor Independence transition and changed to a power grab or regime change scenario with a priority of obtaining and consolidating absolute power and the subjugation of masses thereafter.
• Four decades have come and gone; yet the main conversation regarding a shared vision of how best to configure and constitute the new independent republic is yet to be tabled and agreed. 
• We have since derailed from the path of progress and we are now much further away from the ideals of inclusivity and shared prosperity than we were at Independence.
• Routine elections in the absence of credible institutions to adjudicate them has proved to be an exercise in futility or insanity on our part. The system is completely broken and Inclusive dialogue towards a negotiated settlement is the most pragmatic way out this brokenness.