Economic mdness or what?

A certain ZAPU member on condition of anonimity yesterday commented that the future of Zimbabwean Economics lies with empowering the youth. The member, who chose to remain anonymous, even to the extent of denying me the permission to mention him by surname (for security reasons) actually rubbished the old policy of compensation adding that at this stage Zimbabwe is not yet ready for compensation as this is likely to manifest itself into corruption.
Thus to him the best way to solve the economic crisis is to employ reason and try to effect an equitable distribution of the Zimbabwean wealth. Some of this member's friends also voiced their concern on the lack of transparency on compensation to the former liberation fighters.
One man for instance actually said that in a week during the liberation struggle his grandmother had lost some thirty chickens to the ZANLA cadres(known as "oPasi") and to the ZIPRA but up to today no-one mentions that. So now, who deserves the lion's share in this whole issue: is it those who were fighting the enemy in the bush face to face or the masses who provided shelter and food to those who were fighting or both?
This actually serves to draw attention of the people to start looking closely at the criteria used for compensation as it is the one that leads to the gruntling of the general populace. Thus according to those ZAPU members, everyone has the right to the Zimbabwean Economic "cake".
For most people, this economic issue has remained "a thorn by the side" due to their exclusion in economics. Thus the best way is to empower youth and to be very clear on the expropriation of resources such as the Marange and Chiadzwa Diamonds. Infact output from here has to be used to rebuild Zimbabwe.

Others Enjoy, Others Suffer...

Just after I had posted my first posting, I took a walk down 9th Avenue (Bulawayo) and I accidentally stumbled upon the celebrations of BUSCOD, initially having been alerted by a police escorted parade of youngsteers who had been hired to do that. Then an official of the cafee which I were in commented in Shona, "vanhu vanoita mari nhai vedu we" (people make money there...). Then you will wonder why some people continue becoming filthy rich while others continue becoming filthy poor. To this cause, I will quote one of the renowned scholars who commented on why Africans (Zimbabweans in this context) continue to be poor yet Africa is a well provisioned continent. He said, "while 'external' causes for Africa's crises are signifi8fant, even more salient are internal ones, notablythe ineptitude, corruption and mismanagement of resources.

The plundering of public resources by officials of countries most of whose peoples live below the poverty line continues to be a major problem. Corruption is undoubtedly a key element in economic underperformance and deprivation" Hassan Bubacar Jallow here wanted to draw the attention of everyone that before we even point a finger at anyone for why we are so poor, we should first of all look at our own ways of resource management. This means we should to a certain extent blame

The ignored Reality

It is true that Almost all the Zimbabwean citizens are very much concerned about their economic situation. For example, today as I were in a combi on my way to town I heard bitter words from several passengers who for some of them it was clear that they were not that literate (from the way they were debating) but at least knew what is going on concerning the Zimbabwe economic situation. A certain old man exchanged bitter words with the the combi conductor concerning his change which he believed was supposed to be R3 but the conductor had given him R2 instead. The speaker went on to comment about the legal system's failure to arrest such "law breakers" who are "robbing fellow desperate ctizens" in broad day light. He stated that the rate of the dollar against the rand long stood at 1:8 so he wondered why these people were behaving in such a way. He lambusted them as "uncanny people" who should revise their tactis. This is just one of those endless robberies of Zimbabwean citizens, some of which have never been reported. i therefore believe that the best way to liberate Zimbabweans from poverty they should be given a say in the running of their economy.

Until when?

It is a sad reality to note that it is being said that Zimbabwe has at least economically redressed yet not everyone is participating in the economic cake. If one casts a glance at those living in the rural areas he or she will note that these people are still living in complete poverty, depending solely on food tokens that they receive from foreign donors like World Vision and ORAP. For example, recently I personally obseved the Hope Fountain Community receiving some food tokens from ORAP and you can just imagine how I felt when I saw the transaction. This shows that the economic setup is not only elitist but is politically biased as well. To say the people of Zimbabwe are poor or that they are rich is to be inherently blind to reality.First of all one has to think of the numercal disparities between those who are rich in Zimbabwe and those who are poor.

As arequisite to understand the issue, let us first of all look at the composition of the Zimbabwean Economic Beaurau. Neddless to say, it is to a certain extent balanced but only that these stake holders have their own definitions of poverty and being rich. Such definitions are those adapted from the mechanism of the swestern so-called poverty datam line which the country is failing to beat or achieve anyway. So why don't we then come up with our own definition of poverty or wealth which will accomodate our own capacities? Fancy that....

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ECONOMICS AT HAND

Looking at the current Zimbabwean economic situation guys what comments can you pass about its future in economics lets say in the next three years? In your view consider the "hot" $40m Bulawayo Development Fund. I think any reasonable head here would actually admit that this development fund should be used to the maximum to refurbish Bulawayo once more into a modern ity like what it once was. We should first of all admit that development in Zimbabwe is not evenly distributed and then we can start talking from there.