Today, the crisis has escalated massively since the last disputed election in 2013. The central bank is printing $75 million worth of bond notes, a pseudo-currency that is being rejected by the people; cash withdrawals are being limited by banks; and people from all walks of society are taking to the streets to protest the dire economic conditions. Add to that a 92-year-old president who has been in office for 36 years, and our country has all the elements of a political catastrophe.

We now have a government that is failing to raise wages for its workers, let alone find funds for other critical national infrastructure, like health care and education. As of now the main health referral centre, Harare Central Hospital, has closed some of its emergency units for lack of funding. The governing party, Zanu PF, has become so clueless that the only consistent element about them is policy inconsistency.