Zim’s hope lies in citizens standing up for themselves

AS I am writing this article in the early morning, I am standing in front of the main lounge window — looking outside at schoolchildren and workers rushing to their various stations.

In my thoughts, I am wondering who exactly was responsible for all these black men, women and children to freely be residing, moving, learning and working in what was previously a “Whites/Europeans only” suburb.

Who enabled my mother, father and myself to move to the suburb of Redcliff from what was then termed “township” of Torwood in 1982 — into a residential area full of white people — in which previously, would have been a crime walking around without a valid reason, such as domestic work?

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