This one time, at band camp...

- Shrek-

The unity government that the world waited in anticipation for is failing dismally. Robert Mugabe is still clinching on to what ever power he has over this frightened and poverty stricken nation. This old man never seizes to amaze me, he has now decided that instead of trying to resolve the problem within his unity government, his time should rather be spent with REGIONAL soccer players, and students so as to organize scholarships for them. I can see the logic behind this?...actually I can’t. No one from Zimbabwe can afford to finance students for starters, secondly if the unity government does not work, international donors and finance organizations will not help anyone in the country –including these needy students. Then again Mugabe is one of the richest African “leaders” and is ranked as the 2nd worst dictator in Africa right after Omar Al Bashir, Sudans residing President. He could be the one funding the students. It is hard to believe that his wife would let that happen though, her lavish trips overseas would surely have to be halted – or she’d have to sacrifice one of her Louis Vuitton handbags for the education of some shack dweller. Oh sorry, I have forgotten that Mugabe has removed the “filth”, in his Operation Murambatsvina (Operation Restore Order). Is there any hope at all for the people of Zimbabwe? That can only be answered by the international community that has voiced its concerns over the deteriorating situation – in that country – but that is all that has been done. National interests have come to be more important than the humanitarian problems that plague the once Great Zimbabwe, this empire has surely collapsed?

Hyperlinks
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,,ZWE,,4a1b97a71e,0.html
http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/article156068.ece
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-09-14-one-year-on-feuding-hampers-zim-unity-govt
http://www.thezimbabwetimes.com/?p=11737
http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/who-is-the-worlds-worst-dictator-mugabe-is-not-the-worlds-worst-dictator-nr-one/