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
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