@begottensun Technology bubbles don't require the technology to be fake the dot-com bubble proved that and we are all products of that.
The biggest risk isn't that AI doesn't work. It's that markets have priced in too much success, too quickly. My 2 cents...
I remember reporting almost two weeks ago about Zimbabweans camped outside the Zimbabwean Consulate in Cape Town. What I do not understand is this: these people have made it clear that they want to return home. We all know they did not plan for these circumstances. They have been stripped of their livelihoods and, in many cases, no longer have the financial means to get back to Zimbabwe.
What stops the President from instructing the Minister of Finance and the relevant ministries to organise buses to transport our people from Cape Town back home?
What stops the government from allowing them to cross the border with their personal goods and belongings without charging customs duty, given that this is clearly a humanitarian crisis?
This is not a complicated policy issue. It is a basic act of leadership and compassion.
What I struggle to understand about the Zimbabwean government is that you see men in expensive suits and women in elegant dresses, yet they fail to think in such simple, practical terms.
At times like these, a government should be seen doing what governments are meant to do, protecting and assisting its citizens.
South African media have reported on the plight of these Zimbabweans almost every day. The situation is neither hidden nor unknown. Yet there has been no meaningful humanitarian response from Harare.
The government and its supporters will no doubt come up with all sorts of excuses. But this really is straightforward. Send buses. Bring your people home. Waive customs duties on their personal belongings. They have been forced into this situation by the climate of xenophobia and Afrophobia they have experienced in South Africa.
A governmentโs responsibility is not to make excuses. It is to act.
๐ธYour Excellency, the uncomfortable truth we cannot shy away from is that, for as long as the political crisis in Zimbabwe remains unresolved, people will continue to run away. Very little will be able to stop them. This must be top most in your minds when you prop up the regime that is causing mass suffering. These are the side effects of mollycoddling and making friends with corrupt dictatorships.
We need new leaders.๐ฟ๐ผ
@AJEnglish You canโt claim victory and still need 3 weeks to โwrap up.โ That sounds less like a win and more like unfinished business.. Iran will rise again.
@nobiechishyy This is painful. The man orchestrated the suffering of all Zimbabwean with his policies. Here, he is busy propagating police brutality. Evil man!!