Can someone in ICU be ‘doing very well’?

SO, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube actually believes Zimbabwe’s economy is “doing very well”.

Sometimes I am really tempted to think that he is deliberately seeking to deceive in such obvious and unashamed ways.

When I heard the excitable Ncube speaking in a news report over the weekend, I could not believe the audacity of the man.

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