Okay, things are really getting out of hand in Zimbabwe. One person intimated to me last week and I thought it was just a baseless rumour. Then today, another person from a different part of the country and who does not know my first source, told me the same thing.
My two, very reliable, sources told me that President Robert Mugabe’s government is planning to confiscate all passports and keep them at the Registrar-General’s office at Makombe Building in Harare.
No official justification is being given yet. However, Mugabe personally complained in a recent speech that many Zimbabweans are deserting the country (remember – “ko munoti Zimbabwe yacho ndeya vaMugabe vega here?”—“Do you think Zimbabwe is mine alone?”)
The country is bleeding. A combination of bad politics, backed by a militarized socio-economic system, has driven a sizeable chunk of Zimbabwe’s professionals and generally those of the productive demography out of the country.
It is not inconceivable then, that our dear leader and his people may have decide to curb the exodus by taking away citizens’ means of international travel.
After all, this is the same government that has decreed that passports will only be issued a year after one has applied. Further, there is going to be an exit visa, if it is not already in force.
Ha-a, veduwe, chiiko chapinda mumusha?
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