Friday, November 30, 2012

Out of the frying pan into...

Zimbabwe has failed to come out of chaos, thanks to its leaders

The deal, brokered by then South African President Thabo Mbeki, in Zimbabwe has failed miserably. According to the deal, none of the parties had the power to hire and fire the cabinet members. Secondly, the control of the armed forces was with Mugabe, while Tsvangirai was supposed to have the authority over the police and secret services. The sad part is this was not unexpected.

Longing for power has created further tensions and any sort of solution is far away. The failure of a meeting in Swaziland, arranged by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as Tsvangirai's could not make it to the meeting due to lack of a passport, is a testimony to that. And all this political melodrama is outrightly affecting both the country and its people. The inflation, which according to Cato Institute has crossed 531 billion percent as on September 30, has made 80% population extremely poor and unemployed.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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