Zimbabwe Welcomes Simba Makoni

A new light is in the African horizon. A breath of fresh air for stifled Zimbabweans.

Simba Makoni former finance minister has announced his intentions to run for president in the March 29 poll.

“Following very extensive and intensive consultations with party members and activists countrywide and also with others outside the party, I have accepted the call and hereby advise the people of Zimbabwe that I offer myself as candidate for the office of president,” said Makoni at a press conference in Harare.

Makoni unlike the rest of the Zanu PF klepto-crew is a self made man, a rare intellectual and a technocrat .
No doubt the ruling party will try to come up with something to scandalize this honorable man. I think Makoni has a Teflon character and hopefully non of the muck tossed at him will stick. Despite fraternizing and having fed off Zanu PF patronage, Makoni is untainted and completely different from the troop of liberation war relics that make up the ruling party.

The main difference lies in the` generation gap between him and most senior members of Zanu PF. This means he is in touch with the needs of the younger generation that make up the most of the suffering populace. The current ruling geriatrics seem more concerned with taking swipes at colonial spooks than addressing the needs of the greater population.
Makoni is a moderate who has a calming demeneaur that will be ideal for the smooth transition of power in the troubled nation. Makoni is also well versed in the corporate world and is most likely to implement orthodox policies, which bring back sanity to the economy.

Makoni is largely unknown in international circles but has been involved in the African region as Executive secretary for the SADC organization. He is likely to get the backing of this important organization.

Some will say Makoni is a spoiler to the election or even part of an intelligence operation to distract the electorate. I say none of this can possibly be true and the only spoiler is a certain robotics scientist named, Arthur Mutambara who is the main cause of discord in the main opposition party.

Whatever the outcome Simba Makoni has proven that Mugabe has fallen out of favor and has lost his iron grip on Zanu PF.
What Makoni has done took balls of steel and has redeemed him from the cowardice he has previously shown. The question that remains is will he be the one to push Zanu PF into the Liberation War museum where it truly belongs?

Why Mugabe-Land will never work.

My first post to this blog is examines the question of whether Zimbabwe will ever stop being dysfunctional under the rule of Mugabe.

Zimbabwe and Mugabe continue to hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Zimbabwe is a nation with a assumed population of about 12 million. ‘Assumed’ because the last census was flawed and a huge population of Zimbabweans resides in foreign lands, driven out by grinding poverty and hopelessness.

Zimbabwe's woes are all rooted and anchored by the reign of Mugabe but he is not the sole misfortune to befall the nation.

His ruling regime is a rat-house in the truest meaning of the phrase. I am talking about the corruption that has ravaged that nation.
Not only is his entire regime rotten to the core, but there exists an entire platoon of racketeers who feed of the misery of the suffering population. The shortages that grip Zimbabwe represent opportunity for those with access to resources. As long as senile Mugabe remains in power poverty and shortages will never be in short supply.
Even the worthless local currency (printed on plain paper) is in short supply. The cost of scarce fuel, food and medicine runs into billions of Zimbabwe dollars. The list of the countries troubles is a long and ever growing.

Zimbabwe's salvation requires nothing short of a miracle:
Below I suggest and examine three possible solutions:

1. It is obvious that white farmers will never re-assume ownership of land but consolidation and revitalization of agriculture is crucial. Land reform partitioned commercial farms amongst rag-tag farmers communal farmers. The profitability and feasibility of agriculture hinges on economies of scale particularly when it comes to vital cereal food crops.
Land is not only valuable as a identity symbol as the old man thinks but it is the means by which a entire nation feeds itself.

2. The elimination of corruption. Corruption of unimaginable proportions has become entrenched in Zimbabwe. The anti-corruption movement is nothing but a pretentious farce. Hardly anyone goes to prison in Zimbabwe for corruption yet it is the world capital of corruption. If and when persons are prosecuted it is only for show and propaganda purposes.

3. Total removal of the current leadership. The whole system needs to be completely fumigated and thoroughly disinfected. The current regime is nothing more than a den of crooks and thugs who continue to rape the nation under pretensions of patriotism and nationalism. Just like Bush, they have hijacked the identity of the nation and are using to meet their own selfish needs. Those who do not conform are labeled 'unpatriotic enemies of the state'.
The regional African community refuses to treat Mugabe like the pariah he is, for mysterious reasons. The international community is rendered impotent by claims of interfering with internal matters and tampering with sovereignty.

Conclusion.

A functional Zimbabwe under Mugabe is a pipe dream.
Zimbabwe is not a poor nation. It has huge economically viable deposits of diamonds, uranium, platinum and many other mineral resources.
As long as there is no political change in Zimbabwe this wealth will continue to bleed out of the nation without benefiting anyone but the ruling regime and their associates.
Political change in Africa is a rare occurrence that takes place every couple of decades and its overdue in Zimbabwe.

Even as the country hits rock bottom, the orgy of self-destruction continues at a more frantic pace.
I guess that’s the way it goes...TIA This is Africa