AFRICAN EYE

Imagine waking up one morning to find out that your mission or what you stand for has become irrelevant? No one is interested in hearing what you have to say or your business. It seems like no one cares about what you have to say or do. This is tragic and sad especially if one used to have some clout especially when it comes to influencing events. This is the sad story of the National Constitutional Assembly which disapproved the constitution making process citing irregularities such as that the process is being led by politicians. When they announced that they were not going to participate in the process they were harangued by many and accused of living in past glories especially the 2000 referendum when they campaigned for a “no” vote. Many questioned why the NCA had become more critical of the process. Many Zimbabweans thought that the opportunity to write a constitution had come especially at a time when there was an inclusive government in place. The NCA crossed swords with most

“DEAL SEALED” was the front headline in the Herald when the Global Political Agreement (GPA) was signed. I can still recall the day like it was yesterday. I remember that on that fateful day I was sitting on my college balcony when a close friend of mine, Charles Saki who had a copy of the Herald dashed in with the news. It so happened that on this day I had almost forgotten about any talks that had been taking place because I had lost track of the developments due to procrastination or should I say bickering over who should be what and with what executive power especially among the political parties. So as far as I was concerned, the so called talks were nothing to look forward to. I remember the furore as people took to the streets to celebrate what seemed like an escape from the claws of corruption, dictatorship and starvation of the ZANU PF regime into the “promised land”. The main prognosis of the Zimbabwean economy at the time was mismanagement of public funds compounded by a l