For How Long My Zimbabwe.....

The post-election atmosphere has “escalated from a political crisis to a humanitarian one.”
Reports are coming in from the rural areas citing that there have been numerable counts of violence. People have been intimated and their homes set ablaze.

Having had to run around and do a few errands yesterday in town, the look on people’s spoke volumes. Frustration coupled with anger best describes their looks. People had woken up to a Monday morning only to be welcomed by a ridiculous increase in prices.
Basic commodities have long been out of reach for most families. They are no longer “basic” as one would think.

A bottle of cooking oil selling at over $700million?
A loaf of bread going for $50million?
A packet of sugar at $350million?
Its all ludicrous looking at the prices in shops.

Talk about runaway inflation. With statistics pegging our inflation rate at more than
200 000%, one would think that Zimbabwe is war-torn country.
Prices go up by the hour that is if you are lucky to get the product you want on the shelf.

Supermarkets have been reduced to “runways”. One can barely find products in a shop. Trade is now being conducted on the parallel market where no one can put price restrictions. “Put your own price to the product that you are selling.”

The education sector has also fallen prey to the economic “predator”
Schools are scheduled to reopen next week, but it is uncertain whether children will be able to enrol, or whether the schools will open. One wonders if the teachers are going to report for duty. There have been rumours that they will not go to work until their salary demands are met.

Is there a possibility of a war breaking out?
Will bloodshed put food on our tables?

So we wait and hope for the best…..

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