Opinion / Columnist
Zimbabweans are enablers and are to blame for Mugabe thinking Zimbabwe is 2nd most developed country in Africa
02 Jun 2017 at 14:54hrs | Views
It is easy to blame our 93-year-old president for all the things that go
wrong in the country but I think it is high time we look at ourselves
in the mirror and see exactly what we really are, enablers.
When Mugabe says 'the Zimbabwe he knows' is number two in Africa in terms of development after South Africa, he is arguably correct from the point of view from his cocooned world.
Everywhere in Zimbabwe where Mugabe goes these days, he finds new roads because locals and their politicians go out of their way to make sure they put forward the best picture for the president.
They will raise funds and fix the roads and they do not give Mugabe the badly needed opportunity for him to see the desperate state Zimbabwe's infrastructure is in.
When he came to Bulawayo for ZITF in April this year, 'Robert Mugabe Way' (his road) was redone a month or so before his arrival.
This Friday (today), the 93-year-old leader is in Marondera for his 'Meet the youths' rally and guess what, roads look as good as new.
Would you blame him for believing that Zimbabwe is the second most developed country in Africa. Maybe he has never come across potholes.
I know some of the images found on Google if you just search for "Zimbabwe roads" are fake, but some are not.
When Mugabe says 'the Zimbabwe he knows' is number two in Africa in terms of development after South Africa, he is arguably correct from the point of view from his cocooned world.
Everywhere in Zimbabwe where Mugabe goes these days, he finds new roads because locals and their politicians go out of their way to make sure they put forward the best picture for the president.
They will raise funds and fix the roads and they do not give Mugabe the badly needed opportunity for him to see the desperate state Zimbabwe's infrastructure is in.
When he came to Bulawayo for ZITF in April this year, 'Robert Mugabe Way' (his road) was redone a month or so before his arrival.
This Friday (today), the 93-year-old leader is in Marondera for his 'Meet the youths' rally and guess what, roads look as good as new.
Would you blame him for believing that Zimbabwe is the second most developed country in Africa. Maybe he has never come across potholes.
I know some of the images found on Google if you just search for "Zimbabwe roads" are fake, but some are not.
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