Only few benefiting from this ‘freedom’

AFTER reading many depressing stories about Zimbabwe, I wonder what the real motivation was behind the Struggle waged by those known as Struggle heroes in Africa, presumably intent on bringing freedom to the masses.

As soon as freedom is attained, the focus changes to one of amassing wealth, to the detriment of the downtrodden who remain even more destitute than they were before the so-called freedom.

In every African country that achieved independence, only a few individuals enjoy the benefits of a life of opulence; what is left for the masses is a life of poverty. South Africa is no exception, but Zimbabwe takes the cake. According to the Sowetan, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa enacted a law that will allow former first lady Grace Mugabe to live lavishly for the rest of a life – expensive cars, servants and trips abroad.

On the other hand, a letter in The Star recently painted a picture of unimaginable misery suffered by the people of Zimbabwe – teachers work under poor conditions, earning peanuts, unable to buy even bicycles; school drop-outs because of high tuition and accommodation fees, underfunding, staff shortages, economic decline, foreign currency shortage, high inflation and large public debt.

Even a change in government will leave people disappointed. They will do everything to resist change because they can never turn their backs on the Zanu-PF; they would rather run away to neighbouring countries. Why? Mind-boggling. COMETH-DUBE-MAKHOLWA

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Midrand