tendai tell us about the reality down on the ground nationally as in the u.k. right now officer he's very involved in. ruling. government in zimbabwe but in terms of what people are experiencing we're seeing one traumatic picture of video something with no power but it's not as involved there. yes it is a situation that we're seeing across the country even in been central parts of the city you know you would find that there are blackouts even during the day you know for a couple of hours it affects the restaurants that have faith offices where people do work faith health centers as well you know i think the situation in the country is quite critical and you know the problem is that you know the government is trying to reform the economic situation it's something that people are asking a lot of questions about because they're not being the turnaround that they were promised when the country how the elections last year in july. so there is a sentiment here from prosper and twitter who says that the citizens are justified for their frustrations at this economic ma

joining us to discuss this is tendai marine but she's a freelance journalist and by the way and marshall gore is the chairman of the u.k. branch of zimbabwe's ruling parties and he joins us from london welcome to you both so let's get started with our community because they have a lot to say about this i want to start with this tweet this is from someone who says putting it very clearly here and magine living in a situation where half to 3 fourths of your salary goes towards transportation that is our reality now and so for a little deeper taste on that reality we got a video comment from a student he's a master student and he talks about what life is like for him now have a listen students are preparing for the. tent to take speeches infusion obviously to continue. with. this is designed to increase the cost of transport for business. this is easy to transport is most public transport. forcing people to work 23. the government is so to me on previous for. sure does let's go straight to the chairman without walking 20 to 30 kilometers no electricity marshall what would you say to these 2

leader and they write all around incredible person and see him preparing those lists right there but tendai you were there you were in several locations you went to pen by you went to bear our talk to us about what it was like when the storm hit what were people telling you. from what people told me they said it first you know it was just raining continuous me you know and then you know when that rain then came the wind you know and the wind is what the roof of a lot of houses and this and then the in mozambique and the water and if the rice climbed up on the roofs of their houses i also spoke to. their churches and people would walk into the church i was a district and they would ask you know you could rejoin you on the roof because you know we have nowhere else to go so i think you know this variation that people have had in this time has has been really bad ok so that was mozambique earlier on this year i want to go to india and talk about my time funny how to look on my laptop defender who is with us he post says this no cycling ever had such a long generation april may it's being set a

tendai tell us about the reality down on the ground nationally as in the u.k. right now officer he's very involved in. ruling. government in zimbabwe but in terms of what people are experiencing we're seeing one traumatic picture of video something with no power but it's not. yes it is a situation that we're seeing across the country even in been central parts of the city you know you would find that there are blackouts even during the day you know for a couple of hours it affects the restaurants that have faith offices where people do work also face health centers as well you know i think the situation in the country is quite critical and you know the problem is that you know the government is trying to reform the economic situation it's something that people are asking a lot of questions about because they're not being the turnaround that they were promised when the country how the elections last year in july. so there is a sentiment here from prosper and twitter who says that the citizens are justified for their frustrations at this economic malaise but the

tendai tell us about the reality down on the ground nationally as in the u.k. right now officer he's very involved in piaffe winning. government in zimbabwe but in terms of what people are experiencing we're seeing one traumatic picture of video something with no power but it's not. yes it is a situation that we're seeing across the country even in been central parts of the city you know you would find that there are blackouts even during the day you know for a couple of hours it affects the restaurants that have faith offices where people do work faith health centers as well you know i think the situation in the country is quite critical and you know the problem is that you know the government is trying to reform the economic situation it's something that people are asking a lot of questions about it because they're not being the turnaround that they were promised when the country how the elections last year in july. so there is a sentiment here from prosper and twitter who says that the citizens are justified for their frustrations at this economic malaise bu

leader and they write all around incredible person can see him preparing those lists right there but tendai you were there you were in several locations you went to pen by you went to bear our talk to us about what it was like when the storm hit what were people telling you. from what. they said at first you know it was just raining continuous me you know and then you know when that rain then came the wind you know and the wind is what the roof of a lot of houses and many in mozambique and the water never thought of the rice climbed up on the roof of their holiday i also spoke to. churches and people would walk into the church was a district and they would you know you could rejoin you on the roof because you know we have nowhere else to go so i think you know that this variation that people have had in this time has has been really bad ok so that was most on baek earlier on this year i want to go to india and talk about my time funny how the look on my laptop defender who is with us he post says this no cycling ever had such a long generation april may it's being set aside kind of funny he

leader and they write all around incredible person can see him preparing those lists right there but tendai you were there you were in several locations you went to penn by you went to bear our talk to us about what it was like when the storm hit what were people telling you. from what people told me they said it first you know it was just raining continuous me you know and then you know when that rain then came the went you know and the wind is what the roof of a lot of houses and this is but in any in mozambique and as the water never started to rise climbed up on the roofs of their houses i also spoke to. churches and people would walk into the church was a district and they would you know you could rejoin you on the roof because you know we have nowhere else to go so i think you know that this variation that people have had in this time has has been really bad ok so that was mozambique earlier on this year i want to go to india and talk about my time funny how the look on my laptop defender who is with us he posted this no cycling ever had such a long generation april may it's being set

leader and they write all around incredible person and see him preparing those lists right there but tendai you were there you were in several locations you went to pen by you went to bear our talk to us about what it was like when the storm hit what were people telling you. from what. they said at first you know it was just raining continuous me you know and then you know when that rain then came the wind you know and the wind is what the roof of a lot of houses and this and then the in mozambique and the water and if the rice climbed up on the roof of their houses i also spoke to. their churches and people would walk into the church i was a district and they would ask you know you could rejoin you on the roof because you know we have nowhere else to go so i think you know that this variation that people have had in this time has has been really bad ok so that was mozambique earlier on this year i want to go to india and talk about my time funny how the look on my laptop defender who is with us he post says this no cycling ever had such a long generation april may it's being set aside kind