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Review
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Tips
for living positively in Zimbabwe
In a recent
Kubatana email newsletter I asked our subscribers to write 800 words
on tactics to challenge oppression. One of my favourite responses
is from a woman who offered some real basic suggestions to help
improve our lives in Zimbabwe. Here is some of her advice:
Free
yourself from fattening the ruling party and any government institution
by:
- Avoiding
all occasions you can be forced to donate for birthday bashes
of the president and others like him.
- Do not harm
yourself and family but if possible do not attend functions that
have no other meaning than glorifying the ruling party and the
existing politics.
- Give support
to those that are standing up against the devastating government
policies by providing safe accommodation.
Annoy
ruling party officials and government institutions with rightful
requests:
- Report potholes
in the road, uncollected waste, burst water pipes.
- Visit the
ministries/the town council/Zesa and put down claims about all
issues caused by lack of maintenance.
Reach
out and help someone (and yourself)
- If you have
a room free at the place you live, rent it out to a fellow Zimbabwean
at a fair price.
- Keep on talking
with each other about what’s happening and what’s
possible, support each other not to give up but that everyone
is needed to bring change.
- If you haven’t
done so yet start wherever possible in your vicinity with growing
maize, potatoes, veggies, pumpkins, tomatoes and onions.
- Make use
of all reusable plastics, pots, pans and bottles as planting material
and fill it with seedlings.
- Plant an
easy growing fruit tree and a Moringa tree close to your dwelling
to help you to maintain your health.
- Take care
of young people and encourage them to go to school and not to
join the national service, the army or the police out of despair.
- Befriend
policemen and soldiers living in your vicinity. Make them see
that serving the people means something else than serving the
ruling party.
Do you have
any suggestions for living positively in Zimbabwe? If you do, please
email us!
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