The rural areas of Zimbabwe bear the brunt of the economic challenges of the country just like anyone else in the country.
Most often, these people undergo situations of unparrallelled intensity as some of them actually go for nights without anything to eat.
Catapalted by the exorbitant prices of both food and transport and even lack of it, these people actually find it very difficult to deal with these situations as they come in packs. While most of the roads there are dust roads, the buses are even very few, maybe just one very old and unroad worth AVM model bus that comes once in a blue moon.
The only moment that these people receive attention is just towards ellections when politicians will be trying to buy their votes using food tokens. The best way that these people use to survive is to plant a few crops being supplemented by a few goats and cattle, all of which are at the mercy of the ever changing climatic conditions.
"Life is difficult here my son. These people come out here to give us food tokens only when they want us to vote for them and once we do so they disappear for good until the next election again," protested the kraal head of a village in Madlambudzi, Plumtree.
"Last time we were promised boreholes here but none has been drilled so far and we still continue to live in poverty," added the leader.
"I last had something to eat the day before yesterday my son and as you can see right now all the pots are empty and clean," said a lady in her fifties who chose to be named MaDlodlo.
It is apparent here that people now confuse politics with economics. To allay such allegations, politicians should give undying support to their subjects regardless of whether it is time for elections or not.
The picture above is an example of the ideal roads found in all rural areas of Plumtree. Those that are crossing the road are the goats that the people keep in order to supplement their food supplies.
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