Mugabe is fiddling while Zimbabwe burns

Zanu PF officials gather for their annual meeting in Victoria Falls and instead of the nation looking towards the ruling party for solutions, the conference looks like an over-the-top get-together of people without an urgent desire to solve the country’s multitude of problems.

While ordinarily Zimbabweans will be looking for governance plans and economic solutions, history has taught them not to expect anything from the ruling party’s meetings.

It is disturbing that while addressing the Zanu PF central committee meeting ahead of the conference on Wednesday, President Robert Mugabe chose to ignore the economic situation, the electricity shortages or the poisoned socio-political environment, choosing to dwell on narrow party politics.

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