Best of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe didn’t reach independence from the British colony until April 18th, 1980 through military confrontation. Two main leaders of the people emerged at the time: Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, with the latter becoming the Independent Zimbabwe’s first popularly elected president leader. Unfortunately, Mugabe’s ruling has been prolonged since 1980 through corruption and assassination of civilians to prevent them from voting for political leaders of the opposition. Mugabe became the evil he once fought and he has been for more than 30 years the traitor of his own people. The people of Zimbabwe have faced years of economic hardship. Since 2006, their currency over inflated and their market crashed down. In 2007, people had to make long lines to buy a simple loft of bread. Food and gasoline were scarce and electricity cuts became the everyday. The economic crisis was severe until 2009, most of the stores didn’t have products to sell and living in hunger was the reality of many citizens. Eventually the government discontinued the national currency and started using US dollars. Although the stores have food and products to sell today, the prices and cost of living is still significantly higher than the average income. We strongly believe the people in Zimbabwe have been able to survive the most difficult years of political corruption and economic crisis, thanks to their resiliency and strong sense of community.  We cannot do anything else but hope for a better future for these amazing people in their land of wonders.