Corruption letting the nation down
IT is interesting how the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa will pay the government of South Africa after ANC officials used an Air Force jet to travel to Zimbabwe.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa must be commended for demanding answers from his officials on how non-government officials were allowed to travel at government expense.
Juxtapose that with the Zimbabwean situation in which travelling to the United Nations general assembly in 2019, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was with about 90 delegates, most of them Zanu PF youth who were flown to stage an anti-sanctions demonstration. How irresponsible Mnangagwa can be is really baffling.
As confirmed by a government of Zimbabwe official, the leastpaid members of the entourage were entitled to a daily allowance of US$1 500 each, paid in hard currency. Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF youth are estimated to have spent at least US$1 350 000 for the 10 days they were on the trip, excluding air tickets.
As if that was not enough, while Mnangagwa travelled with the Zanu PF youths to the United Nations general assembly, his wife travelled to the same destination with her own sizeable delegation which included officials from Angels of Hope, her private charitable organisation which is illegally government funded. This is corruption, and Zimbabweans need to punish the First Family for this in the best way they can.
Mnangagwa must just go, but if because of the repressive machinery we cannot remove him before 2023, he certainly must be voted out.
It is obvious Mnangagwa and Zanu PF are masters of rigging, but if we all vote against him, it will be too much for him to rig.
Zimbabwe is in a mess largely because of stinking corruption by Zanu PF officials.
Enough is enough, Mnangagwa and Zanu PF must go between now and 2023.