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Over 7 million Zimbabweans are in need of food aid as
economy continues to crumble this as the country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa
continues to blow millions on overseas trips. Each hour he spends in the sky
costs a Zimbabwean $30,000.000 that is for the flight only. This is enough
money to buy a village some maize meal for a month.
Over $4 Million was
blown away on the anti-sanctions March at a time when aid agencies put the number
of those in food aid at over 2.7 Million in rural areas alone. The UN World Food
Programme Executive Director David
Beasley said
the number will jump to around 5.5 Million during farming season to March 2020.
The severe food shortage is blamed on El Nino and poor economic management by
the Mnangagwa administration.
On the weekend of the 26 -27 October Dangwe crew
managed to visit Muzarabani area in Mashonaland Central Province. The area
known for floods is in dire need of food aid as villagers are struggling to
cope. During our visit most spoke of how they are struggling to put one meal on
the table. The few that have more live stocks such as cattle are selling them for
a song as meat dealers from Harare take advantage. We managed to have a seat down
with one elderly lady who lost her husband 20 years ago ‘hapana kana chekubata
handina mwana anoshanda kana sipo yekugeza handina (I have nothing to eat not
even bathing soap) ’. As we were talking to the lady two other men walked
in and complained about how life has become tough. The Muzarabani area is known
for being a ZanuPF area and food distribution is mostly done only on party
lines with ruling supporters getting preference.
Poor economic management by the ZanuPF regime has
also seen those in Urban areas in need of food aid. Recently the government warned
of starvation in urban areas as many can no longer afford to buy food stuffs.
With an inflation rate of over 400% prices of basics now go up on a daily basis.
While urban estimates are not clear a government official recently put the
figure at 2.2 Million bring the a total of 7.7 Million a number which is almost
half the population. The usual dry areas like Masvingo, Matebeland are even
worse.
Zimbabweans are now living in extreme poverty with only a few
politically linked surviving the harsh economy. Urban areas are at high
risk of Cholera outbreak as the water crisis continues to bite. When
Zimbabweans marched to remove R.G Mugabe in 2017 November many thought
things would change but it has only gotten worse with no end in sight.
The once decorated Professor Mthuli Ncube is failing to lift the dead
economy.
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