via Where are the bodies? | The Zimbabwean 9 July 2014 by Jera
Mujuru encouraged exiled Zimbabweans to emulate the late national hero Dr Sakupwanya who returned from exile to help in national development. What the madam vice president conveniently forgets is that in 1980, returning citizens found a stable Zim dollar, an abundance of jobs and suburban houses as cheap as chips waiting for them to move into. With low unemployment and readily available mortgage finance, in 1980, it made more sense for exiled Zimbabweans to return home.
It is all very well to announce, from soap boxes, “let’s rebuild together” but economic rebuilding can only occur once government creates an enabling environment. Just recently, President Mugabe made an embarrassingly racist outburst – whites cannot own land in Zimbabwe – which is at odds with government’s attempts to attract foreign direct investment.
MP Tionei Dziva refused to be outdone by Mujuru. The Zanu (PF) women’s quota MP for Midlands Province says there is no poverty in Zimbabwe. If there was poverty, she firmly believes, we would have “dead bodies all over.” It is worrying that Dziva is a member of the parliamentary portfolio committee on youth, employment and indigenisation.
He refutes claims that unemployment is higher than 65% and gave examples of taxi drivers and airtime vendors who she asserts should be classified as employed. Airtime vendors earn 7cents for each dollar sold and spend the greater part of the day playing drafts or whistling at passing women.
The so-called taxi drivers are unregistered and spend half the day ducking cops and the other half asleep with the seat rests pushed back. Airtime vendors and “taxi drivers” are people waiting for actual jobs. It just happens that the unemployment line has moved from the labour office onto the streets.
After two weeks behind bars, Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi is out on bail. In exchange for his freedom, the boy editor paid $5,200 bail and surrendered his passport and the deed to daddy’s house.
The Jukwa story is yet another Zanu (PF) diversionary trick and, as such, should not be permitted to take up valuable newspaper space. While Jukwa or Amai Jukwa shampoos the prison lice from his or her hair, the potholes still remain and Zanu (PF) is still 1,999,999 jobs short of fulfilling its target as set out in its 2013 election manifesto.
COMMENTS
As long as you have these people in power Zimbabwe will go backwards.These are the people that believe a witchdoctor can get Diesel from a stone. When they see these vendors they think to themselves “look, they have jobs.” Some of these people are forced to subsidise their income with crime like selling drugs on the sideline. A country that loses the capability of training its work force in skills and gives them degrees in selling airtime and driving Taxis?
I did like the diesel story, I’d forgotten that gem.
These political pronouncements are meaningless. It shows how shallow the minds of the speaker is regarding what it takes to take the country forward.
If you do not know what the cause problem is, how can you otherwise resolve it?
These political pronouncements are meaningless. It shows how shallow the minds of the speaker is regarding what it takes to take the country forward.
If you do not know what the cause of a problem is, how can you otherwise resolve it?
Zimbabwe should be embarrassed of their politicians, how they can utter such immature statements is astounding or is it they think so lowly of the audience that they treat them as simple children.
ZANU PF is your creation Mr Writer Jera. Nothing will change that and we will never forget that either. Writing acres and acres of criticism now that you are also the gukurahundi party victim will not help your case. Repent!!!
Advise, please don`t waste your time commenting on what this certain Tionei Dziva said. She is just an immature chancer who doesn`t deserve any attention. She is empty headed and never expect any positive contributions from her medulla. She is there for a salary and hefty allowances.
Who or rather what is sakupwanya ?