GenerationX18

Credit: Zimbabwe news (Daily Express UK)  Emmerson Mnangagwa Presidential inauguration in Harare. The past two weeks have been nerve wrecking and historical for us as Zimbabweans. The 14 th of November was the start to historical moments that later saw the fall of a tyrant. The army called it a “takeover ” to get rid of “criminals” surrounding Robert Mugabe. In all essence it had the ingredients of a military coup, albeit a 21 st century one, bloodless and smooth. Zanu PF went on to sack Mugabe and his cronies paving way for the “Croc”. It was only until 21 November that Zimbabweans across the globe celebrated as Robert Mugabe resigned. It was indeed an end of an era, people rejoiced, not to be left out I too went out to celebrate the demise of Mugabe on the streets. During all the euphoria it dawned on me, what would happen next in Zimbabwe. Like in his letter upon his dismissal, Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived in Harare to a hero’s welcome to lead the party and the country. L...

I haven’t written on this site for a while. A lot has happened since then. I even managed to travel to Zim and back. Damn that visit was an eye opener as usual of how bad things are, back home. I won’t waste my time stating the obvious, long bank queues, corrupt cops the water crisis in Harare just to name the few. I really wanted to register to vote in 2018, but my stay was rather too short to enable me the life time opportunity. While in Zim I met a ZEC officer who was rather keen to explain to me how transparent the electoral system was this time around. I felt like he too believed his own lies, that they were once again keen as an organization to deliver a free and fair election in 2018. With all the rumblings and mere discussion with him about the electoral process I still felt, he may not be sure on the transparency either.  I traveled to my rural Mberengwa, nothing has changed since my first time there, still no tarred road, the sweltering heat of that corny rural hom...