Zimbabwe is now a gangster state, its democracy a travesty, with impunity for the rich and powerful and poverty and disease for the majority.
On one level there is a vibrant economy fed by money made serving Mugabe’s corrupt mafia, on another there is mass unemployment, power cuts and water shortages. The Vigil has no doubt that there will be violence as Zanu (PF) seeks to steal the upcoming elections. We expect the same outcome as in 2008 with another ‘government of national unity’ denying true democracy.
But, we are determined to continue alerting the world to what is going on in the former jewel of Africa — reduced to one of the poorest countries in the world. A recent South African report says that from being one of the most advanced economies in Africa, Zimbabwe’s GDP per person is now the second lowest of 185 listed. (It is ironic that the country listed last, the DRC, is even richer in natural resources than Zimbabwe.)
Some Vigil management team members are going to a meeting ‘Triumph over Tyranny’ in Parliament this week chaired by Kate Hoey MP at which Ben Freeth, John Sentamu (the Archbishop of York) and Sir Jeffrey Jowell will speak. There will be a Special Zimbabwe Action Forum meeting next Saturday at 6.30. Ben Freeth will be our special guest.
Post published in: World News