Food for votes
These days in Zimbabwe Mugabe has brought a whole nation together in the struggle for survival and has pitted everyone against him. No one escapes reality of life in Zim.
The state controlled price of mealie meal, our staple food has just risen some 9567% in one jump and not long ago people were buying it for $500 -600 per 10 kg and now it is heading up to over $20 000, half of a domestic workers monthly wage.
10kgs lasts one person about 4 weeks.
Then on the other hand, there is a Rural Council by-election taking place and government trucks are delivering mealie meal to locations where the voting is to take place. It is being offered for sale at $400 per 10 kgs quite clearly an attempt to coerce hungry voters to return a candidate for the ruling party which, in reality, is the government as a separation of government and party no longer exists as Zanu PF help themselves to anything of the tax-payers resources.
With these latest price rises it is putting anxiety into everyone’s lives and there is discernable tension in the air. We pray for our Country at this time and sense that this cruel regime will hang on to power at any cost, most of the cost of which will be borne by innocent and decent people.
