By Pafungeyi Gore

The black government led by Zanu PF in 1980 inherited a vibrant and functioning economy which they failed dismally to manage.

The government’s policies were not that bad in the first instance but the vultures within the ruling elite hijacked the need to emancipate the people.

Those who were resettled in the first five years after independent are indeed doing wonders in the allocated pieces of land. For instance the farmers at Mushandike irrigation scheme.

Hell broke loose when the stampede to bootlick Mugabe become the order of the day.

Bootlickers could hide behind Mugabe name (tatumwa naVaMugabe kuti tidai). The name Mugabe indeed became a feared name among the different sectors of the economy.

Mugabe himself thought that those who called him Gushungo adore him when in actual fact the bootlicking mantra was a jamboree to get closer to the feeding trough.

Mugabe’s vision for the country indeed became blurred as he continued to implement policies that were spearheaded by bootlickers. Scandal after scandal became the order of the day, from the Willogate scandal, the ESAP misfiring and other scandals that rocked the administration.

The economy continued on the downward trend because the bootlickers were indeed difficult to arrest as they turned into cartels that are currently running the Mnangagwa government.

Back then no one could give Mugabe sound advice otherwise he or she would be branded a sell out by those who fighting to maintain their life careers in politics.

The bootlickers in Zanu PF are indeed conservative, they fear change, they don’t want to pushed because they know they will not survive far away from the feeding trough. They would rather let Zimbabweans wallow in poverty than giving others a chance.