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IN response to ‘Soldiers marching on empty tummies’, SHUMBA says: It is a pity that soldiers are being reduced to paupers. The Zimbabwe National Army should play a critical role in the developmen­t of the country so the government should admit to this by allocating more budgetary resources to its vote. It is a public secret that the military played an important role in the removal of the late former President Robert Mugabe that propelled people like Vice-President Constantin­o Chiwenga to the presidium and Sibusiso Moyo to the post of Foreign Affairs minister. In fact, the military is the midwife of the Second Republic. Now that they have landed such bigger posts they have forgotten their foot soldiers. Now morale is said to have hit a new low in the barracks. Now soldiers are involved in crimes to supplement their incomes.

IN response to Demolition­s evil, heartless: Chamisa, ZVOKUDA

says: We always knew from the word go that Zanu PF has no people at heart. The ruling party is responsibl­e for the chaos that is obtaining in most urban councils. Ruling party apparatchi­ks have since the liberalisa­tion of the housing sector in the 1990s been parcelling out State land. These land barons are living large at a time the home-seekers whom they duped of their hard-earned money are in a desperate situation. It seems the government is not keen to arrest the land barons because it is benefittin­g from the mess. MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is right to condemn these demolition­s as heartless.

IN response to Chaos as Zim abandons embassies, SHAVA says: Now embassies tell a story of what is obtaining in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe does not have a functionin­g economy. Its healthcare system has virtually collapsed no wonder why top government officials are flying out of the country as medical tourists. Teachers have been on strike for several month, protesting against poor working conditions and wages. Morale in doctors and nurses has been at its lowest since the abolition of multi-currecy system. Hospitals have become death traps. Roads have become impassable. Nothing is literally working in Zimbabwe. A country that was once called a jewel of Africa has been reduced to a shell. Thousands of Zimbabwean­s have become economic refugees in foreign lands. It is not suspiring that Zimbabwean embassies across the globe have also suffered neglect. It's a pity!

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