It’s a hard knock life

The above poster caught my attention as I queued patiently for fuel early on Tuesday morning.

I had woken up at 5am because more sleep could have resulted in being at the tail of the queue and failing to get diesel.

Being an early bird paid off as I only found five cars waiting.

So I sat and waited for a good two hours as the filling station only opened at 7am.

While we are used to such a life of queuing for fuel, it is never a pleasant activity as it is one of the many signs of a failed economy.

Fuel in Zimbabwe is expensive compared to our neighbouring countries as the curre...