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...
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