Zimbabwe: Queues of Despair
If a Martian landed in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital today, he would certainly be taken aback by the length and number of human queues.
Like garden worms, the human queues twist and turn throughout the city, blocking traffic as people wait to get a chance to get money from their bank accounts.
The queues start early in the morning and last well into the night. As long as people think there is a faint chance to get a hold of their cash, they remain huddled in the queue.
If anything, human queues have become an additional indicator of the collapse of the Zimbabwean nation state, in particular, the financial system.
Due to a multi-billion percent inflation, the Zimbabwean government is no longer able to meet the paper money needs of its citizenry. Read more
Of politics, politicians and our future
“There’s no virgin in a maternity ward,” says a Cameroonian proverb. After Thabo Mbeki’s ouster, which many, who are able to read the dynamics of politics, have known was coming for a long time, and the shenanigans from those involved in Zimbabwe’s power sharing deal, many things have been said.
Jacob Zuma has been accused of being power hungry. Many have observed how our own Arthur has delusions of grandeur where he is King- and it was quite apparent he would be so at any cost and compromise. But then let anyone who enters politics and does not want power cast the first stone. Read more
Download Zimbabwe power sharing agreement
You can download the full text of the power sharing agreement here:
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/AGREEMENT_ZPF-MDC.pdf [5.42Mb]
Song dedication to Mugabe by Tsvangirai
Song: Chisaina- by Simon Chimbetu
Lyrics
Vana vevemamwe vanosaina wani vachipinda mumhambure..
chisaina ka……
Mugabe..
hooo saina ka mwana wevhu……..
I am too abused to celebrate
The news that Mugabe, Tsvangirai and what’s his name, yes, Mutambara have finally signed a deal hit me on a very bad day. Actually, any day these last few months would have been just as bad: Hungry. Tired. Hopeless.
I just feel so tired from the long wait, so abused by all the things that have battered me- the queues I have had to stand in, the long nights without power, the mornings without bread, the pain of going to the hosiptal and coming back without any treatment, the shock at seeing grown women’s beaten up semi-naked bodies in the newspapers. Read more
Deal signed at freaking last
Story by Lebo Nkatazo (NewZimbabwe.com)
SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki stood before the world media in Harare on Thursday night to announce a historic power sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF party and two factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
Details of the deal that is hoped will end Zimbabwe’s decade-long economic slide will only be released on Monday, also the day reserved for the signing of the pact. Several African leaders and international diplomats are expected to be present. Read more
