Here is another one in a series of stories that BBC continues to publish highlighting the plight of people in Zimbabwe. This one is on teachers left to make their own living in the informal sector by all means possible and the overall collapse of the education system. If this keeps up, I wonder how low even the basic education levels will get, already in freefall since the mid 1990s.
Zimbabwe continues to be the case study for how political mismanagement can turn into an economic disaster which leads to a social collapse. The greater problem – is that Mugabe seems to be in denial about the true state of things. With all the “odd news” quotes he’s produced – these days I wonder if Mugabe himself believes what Mugabe says.
But I guess there are still groups interested in keeping him in power by all means possible.
Published Date: January 27, 2009