Citizens are left wondering about the government’s 2% tax levies from unbudgeted purchases of relief for cyclone victims.
The latest Unicef report on the impact of Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe says that the estimated number of people affected in nine districts has increased to 270,000 of which 129,600 are children. 139 schools were damaged, affecting 90,000 children.
As the days have passed since Cyclone Idai hit Zimbabwe, there have been stories of incredible bravery and heroism side by side with heartbreaking tragedy and loss. Rescuers in the immediate aftermath described unimaginable scenes, utter devastation and everywhere a massive jumble of rocks and huge boulders that slipped down from the mountains, engulfing everything and everyone.
We heard countless stories of people helping each other and saving people stranded, stuck, terrified; moments away from being taken by torrential water or clinging mud. We heard how a man tied a rope around his waist and went into a raging river to rescue two women stranded in a tree. He tied the rope around them and they were dragged to the bank, shortly afterwards witnessing that same tree being pulled away in the flood waters.
That Zimbabweans have responded with such outstanding love and generosity when our own lives are in extreme distress in Zimbabwe’s economic crisis is deeply moving. With each 10 dollar purchase that we made in Zimbabwe, to assist with cyclone relief, the government charged us 2% tax.
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