Mugabe squanders US$20 m on posh cars and sleepy Zimbabweans are outraged - at last!

The Zimbabwe government has spent US$20 million buying new cars for senior government officials. The ordinary Zimbabweans are reportedly outraged.

Ever since its formation three years ago, this GNU has little to get the nation out of the mess Mugabe landed us. Unemployment had soared to 90% in 2008, it is still a nauseating 80% plus today. Things are worse, on the political front, Mugabe has used the time to rebuild and secure funds for his thugs. Political violence hangs over the nation like a choking smoke blanket. Sadly very few Zimbabweans even noticed this; which, of course, explains why the whole GNU leadership was complacent.

The same GNU leadership squanders US$ 20 million on posh cars and the sleepy Zimbabwean electorate is outraged. Well it is better late than never; assuming of course these voters have not dose off already.
I am convinced Zimbabwe can recover from the economic and political nightmare Mugabe landed us in if only the country has a diligent and competent government. But such a government does not exist in a vacuum; it takes an equally diligent and informed electorate to foster one. Only a well informed electorate will know what the leaders can and can not do and thus hold them to account. In a country with a history of incompetent and corrupt leaders; the need for informed voters is critical.