Why are we not seeing a revolution in Zimbabwe?
“We can’t go on like this.”
Thus began a newsletter written on August 19 by Eddie Cross, a member of Zimbabwe’s parliament and one of the founders of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. Cross is a trained economist and a very brave man. He remained in Zimbabwe throughout its 20 year-long descent from one of Africa’s most prosperous countries, into one of its poorest.
“Yesterday,” he noted in his missive, “the fuel queues were kilometres long, I slept in my car for five hours to get fuel. We have been experiencing 18 hours of load-shedding every day – on at 10 PM and off at 05.00 AM. Bread is unobtainable and when it is its over Z$8 per loaf – eight times what it was a year ago. Many prices are up by 10 times.”
And yet, I doubt that he is right. I think that if the last two decades show anything, it is that Zimbabwe can and will go on like this for some time to come.
The whole piece is well worth reading, especially when we recall this piece from the dear old Guardian back in 2013.
'Why a Robert Mugabe victory would be good for Zimbabwe'
'Why a Robert Mugabe victory would be good for Zimbabwe'
President has proved critics at home and abroad wrong with bold policies now yielding economic freedom
2 comments:
The older I get, the fewer people I worry about,and this sorry tale of the death of a nation doesn't set me alight like it may have done a few years ago.
I had an email from a fabulous chum who lives in South Africa recently. He's happy to be there still, he has theft-sensors on his car, double gates to his collective condo, carries a pistol, security guards a-plenty, lots of barbed wire sixteen ft high around his property, and a dislike of 'sweet' English beer.
All I can say is - 'sorry mate'.
Scrobs - via an old friend we hear of similar security issues in Uganda. Fences, armed guards and so on.
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