Step aside Copperfield, Mugabe is the new magician in town; producing R780 million out of a country stricken with drought, poverty and fuel shortages.
Bob and his pals were in South Africa recently asking us to give him R1 billion (R1000 million) for supplies and meanwhile he can pay out over 3 of quarters that amount to the IMF, nearly half his debt!
Even earlier he was in China asking for money.
The remarkable thing is that the state owned television calls the move “a source of immense national pride” saying that Zimbabwe can solve its own problems.
I have to shake my head in sadness. I want to feel sorry for the country and see South Africa play a part in its reformation; however true prosperity will only come from the Zimbabwean people themselves. And with alien actions such as these, I think that change is a long way off.
On a last note; I think Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC will win out if they continue they’re peaceful politics. Looking at Martin Luther King and Ghandi, the results of peaceful protest are inevitable although they take a little longer. George W Bush’s violent approach to his problems has left 2 countries in turmoil and a HUGE bill (something like $5.6 billion a month).