via Presidential mistruths | The Zimbabwean 22 July 2014 by Jera
Zimbabwe’s economy is improving – that is if you believe President Mugabe. Of course Zimbabweans have recently learned that you only believe him if you are the sort of person who believes that the world is square. Or that the sun is a big light bulb.
Twelve months ago, Mugabe stretched the truth a little, a lot, okay he lied, when he claimed Zanu (PF) would create 2,2 million jobs between 2013 and 2018. Fourteen years ago, to explain the fuel shortage of 2000, Mugabe’s party said Britain had waylaid petroleum-laden marine vessels that were bound for Zimbabwe – you know, like pirates with hooked arms, peg legs, eye-patches and parrots on the shoulder.
His government has also claimed for 14 years that “sanctions” had ruined the economy, even though one could easily identify corruption and ministerial cluelessness as the reason for economic failure. Mugabe’s deputy, Joice Mujuru, blamed the drought from decades ago for the maize shortage of 2013.
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