Nzara, Nzara
My domestic worker has just returned from a ZanuPF rally where the President himself was addressing the crowd in Norton, just outside Harare. Five years ago this area was considered one of the finest farming districts in the country. Today it is a dusty patch of weeds. My worker attended the rally purely out of curiosity and was amused to report that the many elderly participants enraged the President as they set up a low chant in Shona “Nzara, Nzara” in English, “Hungry, hungry”. Five years ago everyone had a roof over their head, a full stomach, a clinic to be treated at and a decent school to send their children to.
