Questioning the IQ of Zimbabwe’s urban dwellers
From Kubatana subscriber:
How many of us know what our X means? I would not be surprised if the majority of Zimbos just put an X because they just liked the ‘’jongwe’’ symbol or very red colour on the other side, for example. I once believed that the country houses highly learned urban dwellers who would always strive to make intelligent choices. I was by the shops yesterday when l overheard a group discussing their voting experience. The conversation proved very interesting to me and also raised some few IQ questions. One guy confidently said ‘’aaa,ini ndagoisa X but ndashaya kana zita rimwe randaziva pemaparliament nemacouncilor”. This translates to ‘l have just selected an aspiring councilor and parliamentary candidate whose name l do not even know.’ The rest of the guys to my surprise replied , ‘ii kana neniwo’. Why would anyone choose a very alien candidate to represent their interests? Remember the constitution states that the successful representative would be taking care of us for the next five years? Why would anyone entrust our needs with somebody unfamiliar? Why would anybody select an aspiring candidate whose name is not registered in their memory lane?