Voting In Rural areas

This is no News that the majority of voters in Zimbabwe are all in the rural areas and over the years Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF have made these their stomping grounds. Fair game to them this is how they end up winning almost anything that is put to the vote. One can actually turn around and say these people in the Rural areas are partly to blame for the downfall of the economy not that they do not contribute to it, their contribution is recognised and greatly appreciated, my only problem is they keep voting for a Regime that only wants and supports them for their votes. Mugabe can ignore the urban areas running up to elections and still come out victorious. Zanu has been working at this for years all the schemes they have put in place ranging from the Mechanisation in Agriculture through to Resettling over the years guarantee them votes from such people and as we all know they are the last ones to say they feel the pinch of a struggling economy. These schemes are there to benefit everyone despite what political party you belong to or support but are known to have been abused, this problem is also known to be in Local Governments where corrupt officials use it as a recruiting tool for the party, you do not get much done if you do not belong to the ruling Party, some democracy this is. In order for you to benefit from some of  these Government schemes you have to show that you are part of Zanu PF or show some allegiance to the party  – “ratidza card”. So if you want to eat what else is there to do but join the enemy. People in the urban areas are the ones who go without electricity, water, transport, they face food shortages in supermarkets etc the list is endless. It so sad to know that the people who are affected by this poor management of resources have limited powers when it comes to playing a part in the future of their own country. Democracy does not exist in Zimbabwe it is just a smoke screen under which Zanu PF operates thieving and wrecking the lives of its own people.

 If you go to the rural areas most families are still together and they will tell you they are happy their self sufficiency keeps them content, it’s sad to say it is not the same in the urban areas Fathers, mothers, sons and daughters have left their homes in search of a better life, families have been broken up and most have ended up as economic migrants overseas and in neighbouring countries and who is benefiting from this everyone but Zimbabwe. The brain drain has trained the country and recovering from this is not going to be easy. What Zanu PF does not tell these people is that in today’s developing world there is ethical trade, most developing countries will pay handsomely and fairly  for crops that are grown by a small scale farmer and will offer assistance where needed, they need to be told that without the help they get from Zanu PF they can still get ahead earning a lot more that they are at the moment this is evident in places like Kenya and Tanzania where the small scale farmer is reaping the rewards of taking advantage of the ethical trade schemes in their countries. The masses in the rural areas need to distance themselves from the false sense of security that is presented to them by the party.

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