I have just spent three weeks in my homeland, Zimbabwe, and tonight is my last night. The weather has been brilliant despite the temperatures being very high. I have managed to store enough vitamin D to take me through the last days of the British winter.
As I reflect on the experience of my stay, this blog post will focus on three aspects that are close to my heart, which are governance, politics, and standard of life.
Governance: the state of the nation says a lot about the style of governance. Independence was about self governance, which is about tge native Zimbabweans taking leadership positions and developing the country.
I stand to be corrected after 40+ years. All that I have seen is deterioration of what was a very promising country. Those who have taken leadership position seem to relish the fact that they are in those powerful positions(at least in government), yet there is nothing to show of that powerful.
You only want to look at the state of offices to see the chaos that seems to be the pattern right across the government sector. I am just talking about what confronts you every time you want services to be provided.
Politics: It seems to me that the ruling zanu-pf has a sense of entitlement as a result of having waged the liberation war, which brought about independence. Be that as it may, I wish the ruling party put effort in making sure the standard of life for ordinary Zimbabweans is lifted. If anything, the standard of life for ordinary people is worse than it was during Ian Smith’s era.
The nation needs a different political party to govern perhaps development that may bring about the change that is needed.
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