Zimbabwe has a chronic shortage of decent housing in both the urban and rural areas and it is insane that those in positions of power and authority have again and again seen it fit to demolish the few decent houses that have been built. It is clear we have men and women in position of power and authority who have an invested interest in keeping as many our our people poor and destitute.
Poor and powerless serfs are easier to bully around and the ruling elite and their cronies are the overbearing landlords doing as they damn well please.
Both central government and local authorities have made it near impossible for ordinary people to get title deeds to even a few square metre of land on which the people can build a decent home. As soon as a decent house goes up the overbearing landlords will find an excuse to pull it down.
Last year parliament passed a law forcing every one with the old paper title deeds to have it converted to digital format. Many people see it for what it is - those in power going after those with pre-independence title deeds who had remained out of reach of the regime until now.
The urban dwellers have turned a blind eye to Zanu PF denying rural povo title deeds these last 46 years and now the nightmare has spread to towns and cities. The deed digitalisation law is a rude wake-up call!
The single most important question the people of Zimbabwe must ask themselves today is: "DO ZIMBABWEANS HAVE ANY LEGAL RIGHT TO OWN PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY TITLE DEEDS TO LAND?"
The right to own property is a universal right and Zanu PF is denying the people that right for selfish political reasons.
Indeed, the number issue in the fight for independence, as far as the rural blacks were concerned, was land ownership. It is tragic that 46 years after independence the rural povo continue to be denied title deeds.
It is tragic that 46 years years after independence nation is still fighting for some thing as basic as title deed to land. We should be attending to other matters like building a vibrant economy and keeping abreast with the fast changing technology. No wonder we are a failed state.
Still, we must now fight to dismantle this corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship and its equally corrupt and utterly useless MDC/CCC side-kick. We must replace it with a healthy and functioning democracy that will secure and guarantee the freedoms and rights of all Zimbabweans. It is not mission impossible!
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Zimbabwe is a failed state, many of us have accepted this reality and, naturally, have been fighting for change. 46 years and counting, the nation has blundered from pillar to post and has been sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss.
The Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB3) is a done deal. The amendment will allow Mnangagwa to extend his illegitimate rule by two more years beyond the ten years limit stipulated in the constitution and given Zanu PF even more dictatorial powers. Zimbabwe will move from a de facto one-party dictatorship to a de jure dictatorship and sink even deeper into the political and economic abyss.
It is not enough to want change, we have continued to sink into the abyss because we failed to define where change was to come from! DETAIL MATTERS! DETAIL IS EVERYTHING!
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