I remember going to the Harare Agricultural Show and hearing announcements over the P.A. system about children who had been lost in the crowds and recovered by the police. Such stories of children getting lost seemed synonymous with the show itself, and these stories always seemed to have happy endings memorable reunions.

What does it mean about the state of our country if skeletal remains of a lost child, (who’s name and description were probably announced over the P.A. system), are now being found within those very grounds? Children used to get lost, and found, not murdered! This is not normal! What is happening here?

And what is wrong with us? Have we become so numb to the plight of children? We hold demonstrations about ZESA power cuts, rallies to express our different political views, we even gather outside police stations to harass alleged female rapists, but I have not heard any significant public outcry over the disappearances of children who went missing during the Agricultural Show this year alone, not to mentioned all the other incidences. Why aren’t more people asking; “What the hell is happening?”

This entry was posted on November 15th, 2011 at 3:14 pm by Varaidzo Tagwireyi and is filed under Reflections, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.