HUMAN rights defender, Samuel Gwenzi, has urged citizens to unite in the fight for their rights to restore citizens' dignity and ensure a better future for all.
Gwenzi said this on Monday while reflecting on the People's Human Rights Manifesto which was released by ZimRights last year.
He said the problems afflicting the country including a struggling health system, high unemployment, and corruption, could only be adressed through collective efforts.
"We need to go back to the basis of the Constitution...until we have got a working health system in the country, until the youth get the necessary skills and unemployment in the country is ended," he said.
"The persecutions can come today, but freedom will come as long as we work together and defend our country."
Gwenzi was recently granted bail by the High Court after being arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly participating in a protest outside the Harare Magistrates Court.
"We need to restore the dignity of ourselves as Zimbabweans... That is possible if we fight for our rights," he said.
"We need to bring back the sense of patriotism that exists, that is possible if we fight for our rights".
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Gwenzi also said improved service delivery and eradication of corruption could only be achieved if citizens unite.
"No one but ourselves will ensure service delivery exists in Harare, no one but ourselves will ensure that the scourge of corruption will no longer exist," he said.
"No one but ourselves will ensure education goes to each and every corner of Zimbabwe where devolution stands to develop our different communities rather than a small clique.”
Gwenzi's call to action underscores the importance of collective efforts in driving positive change in Zimbabwe.
