Zim black market still a problem
Posted by Nxwala on November 16, 2009
A Day in the Diaspora – Nxwala Ncube
I have just got back from a trip to Zimbabwe and it appears Zanu PF can’t block everything that is being achieved. I think Zimbabwe will be back on its feet. There’s a big change that is taking place in Zimbabwe. There are some problems here and there but people are now managing to survive. In Gwanda, I saw that people are managing to travel from point A to B. I also think people are now managing to get clean water too. It has been quite some time that Bulawayo has run out of water. It also seems you can get the medicine you need at some hospitals around Bulawayo.
What most people are now complaining about is the black market, which is now a problem in Gwanda, Bulawayo and Harare. Most people I spoke to said they need the GNU to control the black market because it hurts the poor who cannot afford it. In Bulawayo, there is a lot of confusion relating to the black market. For example, the taxi men are robbing people who don’t know the charges or the rates. Some people believe that the Zanu PF thugs are involved in this black market. In Harare, you will find a group of people asking if you are looking for foreign currency. What surprised me is when the municipality chases away vendors, the black market people don’t run away. I asked a lady why these people are not running away from the municipality police, she said to me Gono is still ruling them. GNU is just a tool to them, which they don’t use.
But despite this, Harare is doing quite well. You can find people cleaning the city, which was not seen for the past ten years. And like Bulawayo, Harare is getting clean water. They are changing old pipes with new ones, which is helping. But people are worried about the deadly cholera as we enter the rainy season. In some places in the country they don’t have clean water and they have to get their water from boreholes around the area where they stay. They said if heavy rain falls then it will be difficult to drink water from the boreholes because they are not protected.
Although there are still some problems here and there, I think the MDC are doing a good job. They must be given their own time. They are promising a big change in the country.
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