Culture as Zim’s antidote to crisis

RECENTLY, President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed nearly 100 000 people at Rusununguko Clinic grounds in Chiredzi and declared that “culture is the unshakable cornerstone of sustainable development”. This should not be just ceremonial rhetoric.

In a nation where annual inflation has surged to 92,1%, where youth drug abuse statistics paint a grim portrait, and where the banking sector staggers under the weight of cash hoarding, the turn towards cultural revival might appear counter-intuitive.

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