OPINION: Across our border 7.7 million Zimbabweans are facing the worst hunger emergency in a decade and no one is talking about it, says Shannon Ebrahim.
South Africans might be transfixed by our own domestic crises of load shedding, deepening unemployment, stagnant growth and a bankrupt national airline, but across our border in Zimbabwe half the population is facing acute hunger. According to the World Food Program 7.7 million Zimbabweans are facing the worst hunger emergency in a decade.
Sources on the ground tell Independent Media that the situation has not yet reached the catastrophe of 2007 where people were dying of starvation and there was no food in the shops, but the staple food maize meal ran out last month, and many households are lucky if they have one meal a day. The Red Cross had confirmed the gravity of the situation. Its head, Dr Michael Charles, says he has seen people going for two to three days without food, not only in Zimbabwe but also in Zambia.
In Harare, it has become common place for fights to break out in grocery stores for what little maize might be available.
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