Dear President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Your Excellency, patriotism mandates me to beard the lion in his den. I state it solemnly, with disarming candour, that you are in bondage. Apparently, you are incarcerated in a time warp of combat. I implore you to take your courage in both hands and liberate yourself from the shackles of the revolutionary mentality. It is compelling that you take a hard and searching look at your Presidency. One person worth emulating is the scriptural character, the prodigal son. He took a critical look at himself. Ironically, scripture mentions him by his waywardness, than by his repentance, or better still, by his name. Yet, his fortunes changed for the better after he took a look at himself. Assuredly, fortunes for Zimbabwe will also take a leap for the better once you likewise gather yourself. It is time you realised that Zimbabwe is in doldrums, crying out for strategic ingenuity. It no longer suffices to persist on the stance that sanctions were imposed illegally by the West. This trend of self-pitying as a victim of hate and prejudice has since worn out. It was exhausted by the deposed late former President Robert Mugabe, though to no avail. Methinks if ever you were sincere that your regime was well and truly a New Dispensation, it could have been evident in your handling of the sanctions impasse. Yet, you took off from where Mugabe left and embarked on his trodden path, harping the same blame game humdrum. As I see it, mending relations with the European Union (EU), Commonwealth and America must have been uppermost your schedule. Inherently, you could have secured adherents of your Presidency had you apologised for wrongdoings of the past, especially negation to safeguard the sanctity of life and property rights. Yet, this responsibility was not discharged, most probably for want of a contrite spirit. Actually, in your hitting the ground running, you were particularly energetic, but not witty. Consequently, the economy is taking a battering by the day. Your Excellency, you remember well that government took the EU to court in 2012, accusing it of seeking to influence the way Zimbabwe conducted her affairs. Her claim was that sanctions were illegal and that they denied her her inalienable right to economic freedom. Since then, it became government policy to blame the socieconomic meltdown on sanctions. Yet, no country ever had intent to render her right arm to Zimbabwe to bolster her stance. Little wonder, marching against sanctions was a diplomatic guff, one that evinced folly. Meanwhile, living conditions for citizenry are a basket case. Frankly, there is no way Zimbabwe can be counted among progressive nations when the Presidency holds on to the lame belief that sanctions are illegal and meant to bully the country. Sadly, your Presidency has reduced the dignity of citizenry to surviving on donations. It is disheartening that the elderly have nothing to show for their lifelong toil. Their retirement is a grind. Added to that, they are stripped of nobility by being made to sing and dance