A new low for the Zimbabwe government....crowdfunding to combat Cholera

President Mnangagwa guaranteed better healthcare under his leadership during his presidential campaign and yet people are dying unnecessarily from Cholera whilst the government stands by watching. It is heartbreaking that the government has prioritised frivolities for themselves and their peers at the expense of ordinary Zimbabweans.

President Mnangagwa was quick to charter a private jet to pick up Grace Mugabe, who was having private treatment in Singapore, so that she could attend her mother’s funeral and yet when the cholera pandemic is taking lives the government does not have enough resources to combat it. It’s an insult to the people of Zimbabwe especially with an unemployment rate of at least 90% that the government is now crowd sourcing to cover the bill to eradicate this pandemic. The government has spent millions of dollars buying luxury cars for rural chiefs and ministers but when it comes to the ordinary man whom they are supposed to be governing, they don’t have enough resources to help him. Once again we are experiencing the selfishness of our leadership only this time the price being paid by our people is their blood...surely this cannot be allowed to continue.

'Improved Health Care under ED' my foot.

One of President Mnangagwa's campaign promises was that there would be improved health care facilities under his leadership but the reality that is being experienced by the masses is a far cry from all that he promised.

It's unbelievable that in a country where President Mnangagwa was busy rewarding chiefs with expensive twin cab vehicles, expectant mothers at Harare Hospital are being forced to sleep on the floor due to a shortage of maternity space in the hospital. Not only is this demeaning to the women who are about to give birth but it also puts them at risk of contracting diseases as a result of the their proximity to the floor.

On the other side of the country we have had yet another outbreak of typhoid that has already claimed the lives of at least 9 people in Gweru and Masvingo and is spreading to other parts of the country. Obviously the health care of the majority of Zimbabweans who rely on the services provided by the government hospitals is not a priority to the so called 'New Dispensation' as people are no better off as they were under the rule of President Mugabe. Health care should be a priority to any government but in Zimbabwe the government hasn't made it one since they and their relatives can afford to get private health care in the country or even fly out to other countries to have their health care needs met.

We have had a lot of talk from President Mnangagwa about him being the President to all Zimbabweans but from where I'm standing  it appears as though all Zimbabweans are equal in his eyes but that some are more equal than others...