Carte Blanche with Perry

It’s still early days, but it appears former President Robert Mugabe has not readily accepted the reality of his departure from the presidency. After all, the man ruled Zimbabwe from 1980, and had become accustomed to all the trappings such a high profile brought. Never mind that the country was in morbid decline for the better part of his reign. It is manifestly clear that Robert Mugabe feels cheated and robbed, through his forced departure on November 21 2017. “There is no more democracy anymore in Zimbabwe…I`m saying this as Robert Mugabe and, of course, I am not afraid of anyone,” Robert Mugabe is reported to have said in February, while meeting Moussa Faki Mahamat, the African Union Commission`s chair.  Clearly, this is a man who feels hard done and who by the looks of it would give almost anything to get back in power. In fact, in the heat of the November “military assisted transition”, Robert Mugabe is reported to have offered to send his wife Grace Mugabe into...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos: Image Credit WEF Zimbabwe has been mired in deep problems that have manifested themselves economically and politically, for so long that most people are desperate for a way out. Against all hope, people still long for a singular political hero, a cataclysmic, fortune-turning event, a decorated rescue party from the international community, or an accomplished, yet exiled businessman (read Strive Masiyiwa) to rescue the country from the clutches of longstanding economic and political morass. Just anything to change people`s lives for the better! As if to make the wait for Zimbabwe`s “messiah” –   whoever or whatever this will be – more bearable, we seem to have fallen into the habit of telling ourselves some situational untruths with joyful abandon. Not only that, but we seem all the more eager to actually believe these fallacies that have little or zero attachment to reality. Consider the f...