The ever-elusive Zimbabwean dream
On the 23rd of August 2023, Zimbabwe will hold its harmonized elections amid a plethora of challenges ranging from socio-economic instability and political upheaval. In recent months, Zimbabwe has seen the return of hyper-inflation in which the Zimbabwean dollar has completely collapsed on the parallel market against the market preferred United States dollar, hunger and starvation due to poor rains as a result of climate change and political crisis emanating from disputed elections and contested politics. As Jake Courtney explained in the elusive dream poem, “We seek out pleasure, and flee from pain, But the dream is fickle, and our joys are fleeting gains. We try to control our fate, and shape our destiny, But the dream is beyond our control, a mystery. Yet still we strive, and still we hope, For in the great strange dream, there is always scope. To find a glimmer of joy, a spark of delight, and hold on to it, with all our might.” Each and every year, Zimbabweans look forward to an