More than politics

A picture says thousand words

You know things are not right when political parties are using traffic signs as campaign billboards.  Evidently this symbolic as you can see  is the ruling party's poster. This poster has been here for over a  year  half and nobody dares try to remove it, long after the elections of 31st July 2013.

The message on this picture is clear for all to see, that the ruling party has no respect for rules and ordinances as well as by laws of the cities, town ,villages or even councils. They are the law unto themselves, and they alone. In short its called lawlessness . The past few months have seen a renewed illegal land grab by the ruling party officials in selected areas around the country. This is without regard to the High Court ruling. President Mugabe himself was heard saying that "No white person will own the land in Zimbabwe anymore" The public responded with a huge outcry on many social media forums. Even the President's favorite minister " Minister of tourism appealed for some sense. Not to mention the Justice Minister who literally too away the President's hate full words and modified them when he was answering a question in Parliament that same week.

One instance that stood out was when the war veterans illegally camped in Cde Dumiso Dabengwa's personal farm in Figtree. At first it all sounded like a big joke but after two weeks the former Zipra intelligence commander soon realized that ZANU Pf was out to punish him big time. With support of the people of Matabeleland and the youth in particular the war vets felt the pressure mounting and they gad to move. Needless to mention that they had defied the High court orders as usual. Some where already occupying the Conolly farm not to far form that area. There are reports of farm invasions in Umguza area and one of them belongs to the Bulwayo City council. It serves as a nature reserve place.

This an arrogant government which neither fears God not regard men. People are robbed in broad day light from the left right and center. I will not not tell you how many police and Zimra agents are all over  the  roads. I had to undergo  many road blocks during my nine days visit. It is unbelievable that   people do not even question these things any many more. You just pay whatever they demand and off they go!

They are forced to pay for many services that they do not even use. There is serious load shedding and regular water rationing in most cities. The civil organizations are sounding faint every day. Its a dog eat dog. Poverty is rampant, those who are making it are really making it whilst the rest are below poverty datum line. People are sen walking along the main roads because they cannot even afford public transport. There is no money flowing anymore, Even civil servants do not know when they are going to get paid. Better are those who are connected to the ruling party shefs.  Everybody is backing for their supper as one writer put it!