Zimbabwe’s political crisis, hope and disappointment bills Business and economy

Harare, Zimbabwe – In a sunny April afternoon, 41-year-old Tawanda Zvamaida sat with four friends in an open bar. The protests were discussed in recent deadlines, which was arrested about 200 protesters from the police.

On March 31, protesters gathered a challenge for the demonstrations by the former member of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

ZVAMAIDA, in Chitungwiza, a city for a city, CCC for changes in Chitarge and the opposition party, which is 25 km from the capital, lives in a city in a city. Many residents in there supported the protests, but did not participate. In the country, it was brought together that day – the streets, as a store assistant store assistant in Central Harare as a zimbaidada, as quiet as Zimbabeweus. Although the situation is “peaceful”, despite the fact that he is afraid of a scary.

Protesterists, Mnangagwa, who came to power in 2017, after the army overthrew the former President Robert Mugabe, is a corrupt political elite and economy. Those arrested were blamed stone They have faced the charges of the police and “participating in a gathering with the intention of promoting social violence.”

“Personally, I would like to participate in protests, but there was no clear plan about the coordination,” he said. Think of “fear defective people” who want to protest without this, and the arrests show that the police will not endure any opposition.

Moment of hope

The domestic fragmentation rhe Zanu-PF PartyDespite the two-term constitutional limits, despite the two-term constitutional limits, Mnangagwa supporters have been strengthened in 1980 since its independence.

Bakhtiyar Bombethell Bakhtiyar Bombethell Geza called Zimbabwe’s Freedom War from Britain, mass demonstrations. The President was expelled from the Zanu-PF after being accused of the prosecution and now the president’s powers were allegedly searched by police.

He blamed the government of corruption and arrested unprecedented voices, Mnangagwa, Who promises to work and democracy When it comes to power, it is surrounded by “criminals”.

For many Zimbabeweans, the latest protests suggested a hope for the continuation of their push for economic and democratic reforms.

Cassandra *, a 37-year-old fruit and vegetable seller with a roadside stall in Chitungwiza, since the end of the 1990s, the elections were not used in Zimbabwe.

Polls violence, repressions and torture opposition members and election rates. “Our voice was stolen for a democratic change.”

Under Mnangagwa, Opposition Party activists arrested to assemble together.

Meanwhile, in about three decades, Zimbabwe faced an economic crisis characterized by high food prices, currency costs and loss of low salaries.

Cassandra says many of his friends leave Zimbabwe for neighboring countries and Europe due to the lack of employment opportunities.

Zimbabwe needs a new leader, but Mnangagwa, 82, will voluntarily resign, and it does not believe that it will be a leader outside the Zanu-PF.

“The government is repressive. We cannot stand it. However, several people may be clear, because on the other hand, Cassanda explained.

‘We are suffering’

Residents in the Chitungwiza neighborhood of the first park are said that they live without water for more than 20 years and the mobile storage tank provides drinking and bathing water.

The rich residents of the Harare’s deciduous suburban coasters were drilled in private pit, in Chitungwiza and Harary in the expensive effort that people were expensive.

In the country, most people lost a stable income as it forcing the proximity of the economic crisis. People, “Pirate Taxi” drivers in the informal economy (business special cars do not work), are working as employers in the back yard, as well as employees.

“We are suffering in this country, but the elite looted and enjoys. We have no hope in the current government,” said Chitungwiza-Harare-Harare route and a pirate taxi driver and a pirate taxi resident.

“Mnangagwa benefits our country as a family business,” said Zvamaiida, the so-called “Inkigrikes”, people close to the highest government officials who benefited from many government contracts and taxpayers.

Last March, First Lady Akilya Mnangagwa and her husband Allowed by the United States For those allegedly involved in illegal gold and diamond networks. After re-election in 2023, Mnangagwa, his son David, the Deputy Minister of Finance and his brother Tongai was appointed as Deputy Minister of Tourism. Another son, EMMERSON JR is sanctioned by the United States A business magnet accused of using wealth to gain government contracts due to relationships with Kudakwashe Tagwirei. Another wealthy businessman, the former prisoner Wicknell isWith Mnangagwa is known to have its flashy lifestyle, with close government connections and links, it is known to drive expensive cars to wear private jets and expensive jewelry. In 2015, a solar project was awarded a Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) tender with a $ 172 million project. Under the ten-year line, the project did not see the light of day. In 2023, the court purified him from the wrongdoing and ordered the ZPC to pay $ 25 million.

“You see all the people who have purchased the president’s helicopters and private planes, in a country where the majority is unemployed, there are no cancer cars in the roads and hospitals.”

In Chitungwiza, Makota says that the ruin infrastructure is a permanent issue. The roads built in the 1990s have not been kept, bus terminals flow and sewer often blocked, threatens health.

“I’m sure with the right coordination so we can protest again soon, because the majority is hungry and not happy,” he said.

‘This is quite tense’

In EPWORTH, the support of both Zanu-PF and CCC Commands, located in Perurban settlement in Central Harary, the country in Central Harary, left the country’s uncertain political situation.

Many residents came as victims of the victims of Murambatsvina (Murambatsvina), which were carried out by the Government of Mugabe in 2005. Police burned the bulldosis, bulldozed and destroyed thousands of features that caused the massacre of people around the country.

Government officials said the operation was prepared to target urbanization and criminal activities, activists, lawyers and victims Human Rights Hour Destruction is designed to punish people to prevent the uprising against the opposition and the deterioration of the economic situation in the final elections.

Because of the decision of the Geza and supporters on a road, a resident and local CCC politician Lorraine mutas says that the mood in EPWORTH is especially tense.

Since the protests, mutas said that people who work there in general are avoiding the region.

Trimore *, 42, EPWORTH believes that a carpenter is afraid to speak openly about economic difficulties to be afraid of being canceled by pro-government supporters.

“People are divided, this is a problem. Unfortunately, because we all suffer until the same time and feel fear, because people do not know what one other will say or what to say.”

Chitungwiza store assistant Zvamaida said that citizens can bring the change, but only if they need to unite around, and only security guarantees, they said they would need someone. “People are already angry, but they are these elements that will bring them to the streets,” he said.

The government’s official spokesman and the Minister of Information Genfan Muswere did not respond to calls from Al Jazeere.

* Name has been changed