Voting in Zimbabwe is becoming endangered

We have seen wildlife and vegetation under the scope of scientist labelled as endangered and suffering extinction. The scenario brings tears to the current generation for the future as they will not see these species that have lived on earth. Everyone wishes if they had seen the dinosaurs but the generation then did not care. Today we protect even dangerous and poisons species of plant and animals to save them from extinction.  The same predicament is looming Zimbabwe`s political sphere, where voting will die with the revolutionary generation. The voting trend in Zimbabwe has gradually dropped and took a nose dive in 2008 harmonised election.

Revolutionary folks have given this disaster a blind eye. Of interest is the probable situation looming Zimbabwe`s political future where 67% of the youths who could participated in the 2008 harmonised election but only 18% of the 67% voted. This leaves a lot to be desired when this generation becomes the elders of Zimbabwe. What will they tell their sons and daughter of voting yet they don’t vote nor care? How will they convince their children to vote when they see no value in the entire process? This will balloon into a crisis of a populace that do not cast vote at all. Just imagine only 12% of the whole populace going to cast their vote in any elections.

I cannot stop imagining a young fellow doing Zimbabwean revolutionary history noting that part and parcel of the revolutionary journey was equality even in voting. I cannot stop worrying the then researcher coming to a point that the equality was limited to 1980 where every Zimbabwean with 18 years and an ID could cast their vote.  It will be dinosaur research affair in Zimbabwe`s political participation.

Whilst superficially minds will masquerade the apathy as freedom to participate or not, the whole revolution and voting link loses taste maybe go to war again, but this time against who.  Zimbabwe is currently creating a monster that is slowing killing voting as participation is taking as nose dive. Yes, voter education is on the spree but alas if the politicians do not do otherwise, there is no faith in voting will change anything. Corrupt tendencies are corrupting the minds to see value in voting.

Voting is becoming endangered. We will need a museum with ballot boxes, voter registers and slips so that the next generation will do research as we do on dinosaurs.   For voting is slowly becoming extinct except we need to formulate one cause to rejuvenate life in voting by addressing the needs of the generation that will be in the future otherwise we are doomed.  And this generation is the youths.