01/05/2026
Fellow Brymaton family, comrades, ladies and gentlemen.
Today is Workers’ Day. And today, I don’t want to talk to you as your boss. I want to talk to you as a worker beside you.
*To my Brymaton Security team:*
You stand in the rain. You walk at night. You protect other people’s families while your own sleep. In Zimbabwe today, safety is not guaranteed. But because of you, our clients sleep in peace. You are not just guards. You are guardians. Your uniform carries dignity. Thank you for choosing to be brave every single shift.
*To my Brymaton Construction team:*
Look at your hands. Those are not just hands. Those are the hands that moulded 10,000 bricks at Brymaton farm. Those are the hands that put a roof on the Medicals Block. Those are the hands that will build the dorms where 40 Zimbabweans will get their lives back. In a country where many young men are lost to drugs, you chose to build. You are not just builders. You are nation builders. Every wall you raise is a wall against poverty. I salute you.
*To the future team of Brymaton Rehabilitation Center:*
Some of you here today will be counselors. Some will be cooks. Some will be farm supervisors. Your job will be the hardest of all - to help a brother or sister choose life when they’ve forgotten how. You won’t just work for a salary. You will work for souls. Zimbabwe has a drug crisis. But because of the work we will do together, 40 families at a time will get their sons and daughters back. That is holy work.
*To all Brymaton workers:*
Three companies. One mission. *We build, we protect, we restore.*
Security protects what Construction builds. Construction builds the place where Rehabilitation restores lives. And Rehabilitation gives purpose to the men and women we protect and employ. We are one chain. No link is small.
I know times are hard. I know the USD is scarce and prices rise every week. I know some of you walk far to get here. But I also know this:
1. *We pay our workers before we pay ourselves.* That is Brymaton law.
2. *We build with our own hands first.* I made bricks beside you. I will never ask you to do what I won’t do.
3. *We are planting trees we may not sit under.* The rehab center we’re building will still be saving lives when our grandchildren are old.
On this Workers’ Day, I make you three promises:
1. *As we grow, you grow.* Every new contract Brymaton Security wins means more guards employed. Every dorm Brymaton Construction finishes means more builders hired. Every patient Brymaton Rehab admits means more counselors trained.
2. *Your safety is my safety.* No job is worth your life. We work safe, or we don’t work.
3. *Your dignity is not for sale.* Whether you wear a security uniform, carry a trowel, or serve food to a patient - you will be respected here.
*Comrades, Zimbabwe was built by workers.* The Great Zimbabwe was built by hands like yours. The Kariba Dam was built by hands like yours. And Brymaton will be built by hands like yours.
So today we celebrate. Eat, drink, rest. Tomorrow we wake up and we continue.
Because a security guard who stands straight makes a child feel safe.
Because a bricklayer who lays one straight line builds a hospital.
Because a counselor who listens for one hour brings a mother her son back.
That is Brymaton work. That is worthy work.
*Happy Workers’ Day to the men and women of Brymaton.*
May God bless the work of your hands.
May God bless Brymaton.
May God bless Zimbabwe.
*Aluta continua. The struggle continues. But we will win.*
Thank you.
