My Observations of : The lion , The lawyer ,the law and a whole lot other things

A whole lot of things have been happening in Zimbabwe and i have been observing.

Lion the Cecil is dead. He was brutally "murdered" by an American dentist. There is so much noise about it. Some are saying why is the whole world mourning Cecil while some are mourning. It is interesting really. People all over the world are up in arms over the lion. So whether one is interested in the topic or not , people are just talking about it. On tv channels , on whatsaap chats and in the newspapers. It is all about Cecil. The poor lion that was being researched by Oxford. The poor lion named after Cecil John Rhodes. How interesting. I am fascinated. Because everyone cannot seem to stop talking about it. Even I am blogging about it!!!!May his soul rest in peace. For real. No one should die the way Cecil died , even though he was an animal. Apparently he endured 40 hours of pain. That is so inhumane . It is. The American dentist has faced a lot of criticism on the internet. So much hatred towards one man. Poor him. But then again , what goes around comes -around Cecil suffered so he is also suffering now.

It never rains but it pours in Zimbabwe these days. What with the economic crises and job losses. It is really a sad situation. What is to become of those people? The unemployment rate was already high , pegged unofficially at 80%. Then because those people had no jobs , they resorted to vending in the streets. Then they were kicked off the streets. Then the Supreme Court ruling came and thousands more were laid off to join the already exploding pool of unemployed people. Then the people thought they would just sell second hand clothing. And then those second hand clothes were banned . What to do? Oh what to do? It never rains but it pours.

All the government policies are indeed good. I mean people could get sick from wearing second hand clothes, vendors on the streets caused mayhem and it is a fair deal for employers and employees to be equal aint it? These are all very good ideals we say but in this current economic situation it is not totally bad to turn a blind eye to the fact that Harare has to reach world class status by what and what year. No, that is not the main issue here. people need to survive. There are no jobs and people have children to feed. Why not let them fend for themselves? These austerity measures are indeed harsh. It is truly sad. People are suffering. The government has failed them. What is to become of us? Other countries do not want us. Where to run to? Nowhere to run to . 

And then i was also fascinated by the story of a certain lawyer. Nelson Chamisa. The ZCTU truly left me in stitches. They say just because he represented the employers in a case that led to thousands losing their jobs he must leave his political party because it is a labour backed party. Allow me to laugh out loud!!!Nelson Chamisa did lead to thousands losing their jobs nor did he do anything wrong by doing his job. The common law is the one that states that employees and employers are equal. The lawyer was simply doing his job for crying out loud. It is like saying to a doctor- "you cannot belong to an organisation that speaks out against child abuse because you treat rapists and molesters!". The doctor will simply be offering his services and doing his job when he treats a rapist. So , Nelson Chamisa was simply doing his job. The ZCTU must leave him in peace.

till next time

I will not stop observing and speaking my mind

Ms Vee