Tuesday 17 June 2014

Zanu PF has been and failed mobile-phone farmers are back to escape looming pauper's life!

Energy Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire appoints a bus load of political has been to ZESA and its nine subsidiary company boards.

When pressed by the media to explain why politicians dominated the ZESA boards, Mavhaire said to question him is to question Mugabe’s authority. Thank God the years of absolute power are drawing to a close!

Most, if not all, of these Zanu PF "has been" have held high positions in the past but made a complete fcuk up as usual. They were finally put out to pasture on million-dollar farms seized from the white-owners but made yet another complete fcuk up of that too.

Ever since they took over the farms the nation has had to subsidise them through soft loans and grants - most of which they still failed to pay back. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has had to write of $2 billion loaned out to these mobile-phone farmers. With Zimbabwe's economic meltdown, government was finally forced to wean these farmers, there were no soft loans or grants paid out this year.

So many of the mobile-phone farmers are now destitute! The saw just how poor and destitute the late Shamuyarira was and they panicked. Anyone who is anyone in Zanu PF in being overwhelmed by all these "has beens" desperate to be taken back into formal employment or they too will be a pauper like Shamuyarira and, of course millions of ordinary Zimbabweans.

“ZESA is just a microcosm of what ZANU PF has always done, and that is looking after themselves and their friends. On display yet again is the ruling party’s culture of cronyism," said Elton Mangoma. 

He is spot on, none of these "has beens" will help end ZESA's chronic problems of mismanagement and corruption. Indeed they are there to add to the problems; they will be expecting ZESA to get them a car, house and the usual generous allowances. 


There is so much mismanagement and corruption a national economy can bear, the Zimbabwe economy is in a terminal nose dive because it cannot bear the heavy burden any more. As long as Mugabe remains in State House the national economy will continue to get worse and worse. Mugabe will be forced to admit failure and resign; there is simply no other way out! 

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