AFRICAN EYE

The song Mubikira by Leonard Zhakata best describes the plight or predicament that most hardworking home seekers find themselves in.In the song Zhakata laments the selective application of the law in a country ravaged by injustice and suppression. He describes those who oppress and wield political power as insincere to the attainment of justice and equality. “For how long shall people keep quiet? When the elephants fight, it is the grasses that suffer, “he sings. In the year 2013 I penned a story that was informed by the investigations I had done in the city of Gweru involving one Smelly Dube who owns a real estate company called River valley Properties, who donated a house valued at US$ 50,000 to President Mugabe. The reason, as she puts it, was to honour and appreciate the president for the land reform programme and empowerment. The company also gave more than 1000 high and medium density stands to civil servants and offered to provide building materials on a monthly basis paymen