Zimbabwe Problems - They say its Over

Zimbabwe problems are intrinsically related to the history of Zimbabwe dating back to the 1800s when land was taken from the indigenous population. On face value the problems in Zimbabwe emanate essentially from the land dispute which escalated in 2000 with the inversion of private commercial farms in 2001.

However, apart from land the real problem in Zimbabwe is the failure of the country to adequately transform itself into a fully fledged democracy as measured by free and fair elections, freedom of expression, assembly and media freedoms.

From all these problems Zimbabwe bore the burden of a collapsing economy and currency. The failure of the Zimbabwe economy and Zimbabwe currency in particular triggered a whole host of problems in an endless vicious cycle that ruthlessly sucked in innocent people of Zimbabwe.

Sanctions imposed by the international community on Zimbabwe in response to human rights violations caused untold decay across cities in Zimbabwe as infrastructure collapsed and could not be repaired by a weak Zimbabwe dollar rejected internationally as foreign currency.

Regular international donors and supporters of urban infrastructural upkeep withdrew their support leading to the manifestation of terrible disease such as cholera as a result of erratic water supplies from city reservoirs across the country.

The decay of the economy and standard of living in general drove millions of Zimbabweans into economic exile in neighboring South Africa. this even made an impact on the population of Zimbabwe. Others left for the UK and USA. Those who left were Zimbabwe's prime professionals who left the government system seriously under staffed at hospitals and key strategic areas across the economy and social strata.

The continued harassment of political opponents and journalists solved non of the mounting problems. Instead international isolation intensified of a once friendly nation to all and sundry.

In 2009 Zimbabwe problems gave signs of ending with the creation of an inclusive government under the auspices of SADC. This involved Robert Mugabe the President of Zimbabwe and his fierce critic and political opponent Morgan Tsvangirai and Professor Arthur Mutambara of the smaller faction of the MDC party. With this development many say Zimbabwe's problems could be over. However the continued infighting in the inclusive government send worrisome signals.

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