Members from Zimbabwe’s civil service, the police, army and prisons have adopted this annoying and offensive attitude and made it a culture whereby they don’t stand in a queue like everybody.
They have cultivated this obscene and shameless habit and have crafted it into an art. Its vey much insulting for somebody to jump a cash queue made up of large number of disgruntled people, who have been standing in the scorching October sun for more than 5 hours, some having slept in the queue, just because he or she is employed in the civil service and tries to capitalize on intimidating the civilian population using his or her uniform.
Arguments arise in queues on a day to day due to this habit, and it is being reported that fist fights are occurring between fed up people and members from the civil service. Everybody is struggling due to the current situation and has to spend valuable time standing in a queue, time that could have been used doing something productive that brings food to the table.
Members from the civil service are not special in any way, and thus have no right to jump queues on the pretext of being having busy schedules. But hey, this is Zimbabwe we are talking of.
The Zanu PF attitude and way of thinking based on selfishness and intimidation has effectively sunk its roots in the mindsets of members from our civil service. It’s the same typical attitude displayed by Zanu PF youth and the so called war veterans, responsible for the assault, and murder of supporters from the MDC post March 29 and June 27.
The Zimbabwean civil service was highly regarded and respected after the country attained its independence in 1980 but today is a shell of its former glory.
Re-education, taking the form of multiple refresher courses is very necessary to re-install professionalism and public confidence in the civil service. Respect and tolerance, not intimidation and fear are the building blocks that need to be laid in order to rebuild Zimbabwe and restore her to her former glory. -Â Harare Tribune