Call to action

Vincent Maher recently blogged about a citizen journalist who documented a hostage situation in Zimbabwe, which is very interesting and heartbreaking to read. Take a look here and here.

In the meantime, a family member of one of my closest friends has passed away. They all still live in Zim and this is what she had to say about the funeral process:

There is only one crematorium that works in Zim, and it's in Mutare. So you have to put the body in the back of a bakkie and get it there yourself. It then costs half a billion (just over) for the cremation. The problem is, the banks have no money and the funeral homes don't take cheques. So even if you can afford the bill (yeah right!) the maximum you can withdraw in a day is 50 million, and that's if the banks have it. And the biggest note you can get is a 50 000. The new 100 000's are all at the border...because ZESA is desperately trying to buy currency off people as they come in to pay our electricity bills. We had 4 hour power cuts everyday when I was home. Oh and did I mention the hospital bill is 1.2 billion...life is interesting in zim...a good thing since no one afford to die!

How can we continue to tolerate this country? People are forced to live like animals and quite frankly it makes me feel physically ill. My heart is with you my girl, you are in my thoughts and prayers.

Can't we do something about this? Like now? It is time...

posted by Cat Murray @ 17:12