The ManicaPost
Rudaviro Madziyire
Good governance and democracy in Zimbabwe is threatened due to the perilous effects of the illegal sanctions imposed on the country two decades ago.
These sanctions were imposed on us as a punishment for the land reform programme that seeks to address colonial land inequalities.
The illegal sanctions imposed by the West on Zimbabwe go against the United Nations Millennium goals where education is treated as a universal human right.
The imposition of the illegal economic sanctions is negatively affecting effective and efficient education delivery in Zimbabwe.
This has also negatively impacted heavily on the country’s economic pillars such as mining, agriculture, manufacturing and even the banking sector.
Industries in these sectors have closed, leading to decline in employment for our parents or guardians.
High school drop-out rates, lower academic expectations, less educational success and poor health among children has become prevalent.
The economic sanctions have seen the country having to rely on internally generated income for all its operations, including infrastructural development.
It is my plea as a Zimbabwean child that these sanctions be removed for the benefit of tomorrow.
I rest my case.
Rudaviro Madziyire is a student at Chancellor Junior School
