- Aug 7, 2003
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Just received a link to this article from friends in Zimbabwe. Doesn’t make the headlines over here even though the country is facing total ruin with SA not far behind;
“Regardless of one's political inclination, there has to be a point where we have to be bluntly honest with ourselves and spell out things for what they are, call failure for what it is, dismal failure because this has gone on for far too long without any resolution in sight. The government insists in saying everything is ok, there is enough fuel when we have these incredibly long and winding fuel queues in almost every part of the country. Anything that can possibly go wrong has gone wrong, you name it, Cash crisis, fuel shortage crisis, no currency of our own, no foreign currency, no health care, no good governance, wanton violation and disregard of worker's rights, industry closures, no jobs as evidenced by 95 percent unemployment rate, no functional economy, just a bunch of self conceited political thieves who have resolved to loot the country down to its knees, corruption, personalising public resources until there is nothing left for national development. Why would one continue negating reality and subscribe to blind loyalty to a political cartel led by political a thieves who are deliberately impoverishing the country while enriching themselves? The reality is Zanu pf has single handedly failed this country for the past donkey years and they have now literally shut it down through corruption and gross mismanagement, without any help, yes, they are capable of this magnitude of destruction, in their perverted logic they call it ruling "kutonga". People are dying from curable ailments because our health care system is marginalised to the pavement of extinction, a death by installment through sustained neglect and lack of funding. When the political elites are ill they get treated in South Africa or anywhere outside the country and for their fuel needs they have government allocated fuel for their luxury cars and long motorcades while everyone else suffers, so they will never know or experience the general populace's reality.
Does Emmerson Mnangagwa and Constantino Chiwenga even have any plan at all for this naseous economic mess, we are simmering in? This is not time for lies and propaganda, Emmerson Mnangagwa needs to take ownership of this mess and have a state of the nation address to tell the people what his plans are, not just keep quiet and sweep the streets instead of cleaning the economy. Why did they grab power, then steal elections when they have no clue on how to effectively govern? The collective voted for a change of the political culture, their will was subverted, in return we got a full blown crisis of leadership. What is it we haven't done, we have slept in bank queues only to be limited to getting $30.00, stood in queues for cooking oil, queues for bread, some basic foodstuffs are ridiculously expensive, now we are sleeping in fuel queues instead of working, that is productivity down the toilet. Our reality is equally grim and disheartening, one can only wonder, what are they ruling when a country is this far down, free falling in to the bottomless pit? We are in for a really bad hairdo with these indifferent self serving rulers who are devoid of any empathy. The question that begs an answer is for how long are we willing to endure this suffering in silence, have we gotten accustomed to the abnormal so much that we just take it as if its normal?”
“Regardless of one's political inclination, there has to be a point where we have to be bluntly honest with ourselves and spell out things for what they are, call failure for what it is, dismal failure because this has gone on for far too long without any resolution in sight. The government insists in saying everything is ok, there is enough fuel when we have these incredibly long and winding fuel queues in almost every part of the country. Anything that can possibly go wrong has gone wrong, you name it, Cash crisis, fuel shortage crisis, no currency of our own, no foreign currency, no health care, no good governance, wanton violation and disregard of worker's rights, industry closures, no jobs as evidenced by 95 percent unemployment rate, no functional economy, just a bunch of self conceited political thieves who have resolved to loot the country down to its knees, corruption, personalising public resources until there is nothing left for national development. Why would one continue negating reality and subscribe to blind loyalty to a political cartel led by political a thieves who are deliberately impoverishing the country while enriching themselves? The reality is Zanu pf has single handedly failed this country for the past donkey years and they have now literally shut it down through corruption and gross mismanagement, without any help, yes, they are capable of this magnitude of destruction, in their perverted logic they call it ruling "kutonga". People are dying from curable ailments because our health care system is marginalised to the pavement of extinction, a death by installment through sustained neglect and lack of funding. When the political elites are ill they get treated in South Africa or anywhere outside the country and for their fuel needs they have government allocated fuel for their luxury cars and long motorcades while everyone else suffers, so they will never know or experience the general populace's reality.
Does Emmerson Mnangagwa and Constantino Chiwenga even have any plan at all for this naseous economic mess, we are simmering in? This is not time for lies and propaganda, Emmerson Mnangagwa needs to take ownership of this mess and have a state of the nation address to tell the people what his plans are, not just keep quiet and sweep the streets instead of cleaning the economy. Why did they grab power, then steal elections when they have no clue on how to effectively govern? The collective voted for a change of the political culture, their will was subverted, in return we got a full blown crisis of leadership. What is it we haven't done, we have slept in bank queues only to be limited to getting $30.00, stood in queues for cooking oil, queues for bread, some basic foodstuffs are ridiculously expensive, now we are sleeping in fuel queues instead of working, that is productivity down the toilet. Our reality is equally grim and disheartening, one can only wonder, what are they ruling when a country is this far down, free falling in to the bottomless pit? We are in for a really bad hairdo with these indifferent self serving rulers who are devoid of any empathy. The question that begs an answer is for how long are we willing to endure this suffering in silence, have we gotten accustomed to the abnormal so much that we just take it as if its normal?”
