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Original Post Date: 2002-05-20 Time: 14:19:51 Posted By: Jan
Note: The following article from South Africa addresses the issue of a supposed “regional drought” which has created food shortages across southern Africa. What is interesting is why Malawi sold its 110,000 ton stock of grain. In my book I noted that Malawi has been taken over in recent years but a bunch of socialists whom I believe may be sympathetic to Mugabe. One wonders who they sold their grain to? Could it be Mugabe? There seem to be strange things going on in the region regarding food, and I wonder how much of it has to do with Mugabe or his attempts to acquire food?
Jan
Source:Sunday Independent (SA)
Published:Sun 19-May-2002
While Zimbabwe provides the obvious example of mismanagement and bad governance resulting in food shortages, other regional governments have emulated President Robert Mugabe’s politics of creating famine, instead of taking to heart important lessons
Governments in southern Africa have been quick to blame severe food shortages in the region on drought, but analysts say poor planning and donor failure to understand food security issues are key factors in cultivating conditions for starvation. Disaster mitigation policies are essential, but Southern African Development Community (SADC) governments have failed to develop their capacities, preferring to respond to crises. Some have institutionalised the dependency syndrome and waited for droughts to happen before crying for help from the international community – which often is slow in responding. SADC governments should maintain permanent budgets to help alleviate the effects of sudden, unexpected disasters such as droughts.
While Zimbabwe provides the obvious example of mismanagement and bad governance resulting in food shortages, other regional governments have emulated President Robert Mugabe’s politics of creating famine, instead of taking to heart important lessons. Malawi, one of the states worst affected by food shortages, has joined Zimbabwe on the slide to economic chaos, mainly due to corruption and mismanagement in President Bakili Muluzi’s administration. Aleke Banda, Malawi’s minister of agriculture, this week said his country needed at least $21,6-million (about R216-million) to cover its 600 000-ton maize deficit, but analysts said a crisis could have been avoided if the government had not sold its strategic grain reserve. “The most puzzling factor was that the decision to sell the 110 000-ton grain stock was taken when there were already signs of stress. The failure by the Muluzi government to account for the proceeds of the sale up to now has not helped the people of Malawi. More puzzling is information that members of Muluzi’s elite benefited from the grain reserves by buying maize and re-selling it in Malawi at 500 percent profit,” said one analyst.
The same could be said of Zambia, where it was reported last year of huge sums of money being paid for maize imports that were never delivered. The International Monetary Fund was equally to blame for putting pressure on Malawi to sell its reserve to boost its balance of payments. “The Bretton Woods institutes need to be a bit more sophisticated about food security issues rather than balance sheet issues,” said Andrew Timtson, regional director of the Save The Children’s Fund in southern Africa.