Comrade Bob and Grace may fade,but itsy-bitsy grand will come if power is retained in the hands of Zanu-PF septuagenariansDrive any distance anywhere in Zimbabwe beyond the upmarket Borrowdale neighbourhood in Harare, where Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace are detained in their sprawling mansion, or the scale of the challenges facing what was once one of the wealthiest countries in Africa is evident.
In the capital,the roads are potholed, outside they are cracked and crumbling. Banks are so short of cash that people wait hours to withdraw even tiny sums. The only jobs are in government service, or yet salaries are rarely paid. The best and the brightest maintain long fled abroad. Warehouses are empty,fields lie fallow. The busiest store in rural villages is the “bottle shop”, selling dirt-cheap spirits.
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Source: guardian.co.uk