Loading ...Zimbabwe’s dark and ugly past returns to haunt citizens
President Robert Mugabe’s government is under pressure as citizens have taken to the streets to demonstrate continued economic malaise. Reports from capital Harare show that a number of Zimbabwe Republic Police officers were attacked by angry civilians as they attempted to quell social unrest.
The Harare administration failed to pay civil servants June salaries which sparked fears of the dark days of 2008 when the country’s economy collapsed sending thousands into neighbouring countries to look for a livelihood.
As the situation worsen by the day, early Monday, commuter operators across the country’s cities resolved to join protest over corruption by cancelling their services.
President Mugabe’s government paid public workers 100 US dollars each after failing to pay June salaries. But more than most believe the amount was too little to allay the crisis they are facing.
As if this was not enough, the country’s leadership worsened the situation over the weekend when they started putting into effect a new legislation banning the importation of basic goods.
This ban, over the last weekend, resulted into the country’s main port of entry, Beitbridge Border post, being gutted by an inferno. Citizens, after frustrations of having their goods impounded set alight on some of the facilities. About 17 have since been arrested.
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