"Zanu PF has up to now given us an illusion of what independence is. We are still a long way to attaining full independence as desired by all and the departed heroes of the liberation struggle.”
"Most of the schools are not accessible especially in the rural areas. In towns there is the problem of accessibility to toilets and offices because of steps."
Some people in Manicaland province say they have not been able to enjoy the fruits of independence owing to serious social, economic and political problems in Zimbabwe.
A United States Congressional staff member has attributed Britain’s decision to renege on its Lancaster House commitment to compensate for land, on what he calls Zimbabwe’s corrupt and lop-sided land redistribution exercise.
Simpkins declared Zimbabwe’s land reform exercise as mired in controversy since the country’s independence from British rule, and beneficial to mostly loyalists of President Mugabe's ruling Zanu PF party.
A town hall discussion organized and hosted by VOA’s Zimbabwe Service in Washington, titled, Zimbabwe @ 36: The Way Forward, revealed deep-seated concerns among those in the diaspora, about their country’s current state.
Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa says ordinary people are in despair because the expectations that they had about the kind of life they would enjoy in an independent Zimbabwe, have been frustrated, turning independence day into a charade.
Some Zimbabweans and a U.S congressman say the country’s current socio-economic and political problems can only be resolved through regime change while others believe that there is need to work with the present leadership, which was elected into office through so-called democratic elections.
“… He (President Mugabe) was a hero of the independence movement and he kept that title for a long time. I don’t see why anybody could say that he is still a hero, that he is still an asset to Zimbabwe.”
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