Once the breadbasket

Jun 06, 2023

For 24 months I have toured constituencies throughout Zimbabwe. I have met with and listened to the incredibly diverse citizens from across our great nation.

Zimbabwe was once a source of inspiration to Africans and the world over. Ours was one of the most promising African nations that by now should have achieved strides towards economic development and social emancipation. We could have been an example of what is possible for other African nations. Yet sadly, 21st Century Zimbabwe is a nation under siege from a government that has long lost the mandate and credibility to preside over its people. The once revered regional breadbasket has been reduced to a nation of second-rate citizens with neither rights nor quality of life. Those who are neither hungry nor sick hussle unto death - or in capitulation our own citizens flee the borders of their beloved country, Zimbabwe.