Spare a thought for our national institutions
Far, far, from the licensed to deal in forex retail outlets, from the sleek posh cars blinging down streets, on the sidewalks of which moneychangers- cum- users hiss “toita zvemarands/ toplaza- plaza? and shrill cries of “Bacossi airtime yese ” or whatever…far, far from all this, and from the eyes of the wabenzi (enamoured from the sea of squalor around them by their lifestyles to rival the rich and famous of the supra-First World) our institutions are dying.
From city council clinics manned by a single overworked, underpaid senior nurse in an environment that has become sterile in a tragic sense (afflicted by a severe drought of medication)but faced by multitudes in various degrees of ailment desperate for affordable treatment… through the decaying referral hospitals, where those you are referred to are conspicuous by their absence, and if you are admitted, you asked to bring your own blankets, a candle and box of matches (in the event of a powercut, and the the generators commissioned in stately pomp and fanfare, probably never got there, or were redirected- or are simply out of diesel and there is no Diesel N’anga to salvage the situation)… Read more
My Zimbabwe
I have listened to a thousand critics about the Zimbabwean situation. People are busy pointing fingers, insulting and anything their troubled mind can think of. Almost everyone at one moment pointed a finger but has that ever changed the situation? No!!! Why? Only you and I know better.
In my own view, the economic situation has been a blessing in disguise. Despite the pain we went though as a nation, I strongly believe that we are a better paople. Let the sun in our situation rise and you will know exactly what I am talking about. Read more
Hi BACOSSI, meet Commander FOLIWAR
ACRONYMious? Gideon Gono does it again.
It seems that Mr Gono is in love with acronyms. The last few he has dished out: BACOSSI (Basic Commodity Supply Side Intervention), NEDPP (National Economic Develeopment Priority Programme), ASPEF (Agricultural Sector Productivity Enhancement Facility) and others have not really helped us.
But now he has come up with a whole new army of them and it is his hope that where BACOSSI and company lost some historic battles, these new battalions will win the war for us, as they are US dollar backed. It is my hope that at the end of all this the people and their Governor will not part acrimoniously or even ACRONYMiously.
Well, here they are: Read more
