http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/speed-markets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=speed-markets Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/speed-markets/#comment-81506 Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe » Blog Archive » The question of morals Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:40:56 +0000 http://kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/?p=379#comment-81506 [...] To get a driver’s license in Zimbabwe has become one big hurdle for most would-be drivers. No matter how good a driver you are if you don’t cough up some Z$850million (inflation adjustable), you risk being stuck at the CMED stage for a very long time. Sometimes you fail a test for even the smallest, possibly forgivable mistakes like straddling your parallel parking white line with only two inches of your back wheel. However, your instructor would have told you point blank: pay Z$850million – you still take the test with a lot of leniency that in essence guarantees a pass. Pay a billion, and you need never go for the test at all. Just get your pass mark and proceed to VID where you can also pay your way for possibly double the amount. Oh, and these charges also vary according to the conceptual basis of what Dennis Nyandoro described as ’speed markets’. The more elite or better dressed you look, the higher the cost. But then again, for most would-be drivers the question of moral integrity shapes the final way forward. [...]

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