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B Metro Reporter
DESPITE the chaotic, shameful, retrogressive, embarrassing riots and looting that characterised one of the saddest chapters of the country, there were some hilarious moments.
“Thwala okukwanisayo”– aptly meaning “carry what you can,” shouted one woman during a looting spree in one of Bulawayo’s townships.
Since then there have been t-shirts printed “Thwala okukwanisayo”.
A city man who donned one of the new craze t-shirts had this to say:
“The message is clear, do not overburden yourself in life. Live within your means or set goals that you can achieve,” he said.
Black twitter has been hard at it too. One twitter user @zibusisoe tweeted a message about men having more than one girlfriend going to have the most difficult Valentine’s Day in the current harsh economy. Instead had they kept to their capacity life would be simpler.
“Valentines is around the corner and some of you have three girlfriends each!! Salitshela kudala “thwala okukwanisayo,” he tweeted.
In light of that, some looters were seen running away carrying heavy loads such as fridges and hospital beds.
However, when law enforcers launched a crackdown, the same people were fast to dispose of the heavy loads in public spaces such as dump sites and roadsides.
The vandalism and looting was a huge cost to the economy. The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) estimated that the economy could have lost $300 million during the three-day so-called stayaway.
“The only way we can measure the loss is through GPD. We record about US$100 million per day and given that some companies operated on skeletal staff in the last three days, the economy lost between US$70 million and US$100 million per day,” said CZI President Mr Sifelani Jabangwe.
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