I expect better from an African centred publication than the western negativity around reporting on Zimbabwe. The zanu pf government led the taking back of our land and the west will never forgive us nor will they rest until zanu pf is gone. Seriously what study is this that puts Zimbabwe as number one ON THE PLANET in alcohol consumption. The study is not even named. And you link the alleged alcoholism to covid 19 job losses and school closures as if Zimbabwe was the ONLY country on earth that experienced such.
I challenge baobab to report the many positives about Zimbabwe. How about that we consistently punch above our weight in human capital development or that after land reform Zimbabwe is back in the TOP 5 of tobacco producing countries alongside the US Brazil India and China (a huge achievement for a country as shall as this) or that Zimbabwe currently leads in blueberry production in the world. Even our gdp as reported in your other story beats countries like Rwanda by a wide margin.
The west have decided to only report what is negative and to ALWAYS put Zimbabwe in every negative category- most alcohol consumption, most food insecure country alongside war torn countries like Ukraine, Sudan and gaza. Most child marriages. The economist magazine consistently rates harare one of the worst capital cities in the world alongside capitals in war torn countries such as kabul Damascus etc. Surely all these negatives cannot be true?Come on baobab you can do better than merely parroting lies from people with a regime change agenda.
This data CANNOT be from the WHO. There is no way for example that Zimbabwe would beat a country like South Africa in alcohol consumption. Also the Zimbabwe mail is a western sponsored or based purveyor of negativity about Zimbabwe. No-one can take it seriously. Baobab must vet what you post about Zimbabwe. Media matters and if you also join certain groups in beating the negative drum about Zimbabwe the image put out is not balanced but portrays us as a drunken, hungry, oppressed poor people when in fact it is not true. Be balanced and vet your stories
A little update. We've contacted the source (https://wisevoter.com/country-rankings/alcohol-consumption-by-country/) a couple of times already for clarification on where they obtained the data and why they're quoting WHO. We've yet to hear from them, and if they don't get back to us in the next week or two, we'll address it in the newsletter.
Thanks again. We've asked the source for access to the data so we can also verify. We agree, it is important. We'll let you know as soon as we get it (or if they refuse to share it).
I expect better from an African centred publication than the western negativity around reporting on Zimbabwe. The zanu pf government led the taking back of our land and the west will never forgive us nor will they rest until zanu pf is gone. Seriously what study is this that puts Zimbabwe as number one ON THE PLANET in alcohol consumption. The study is not even named. And you link the alleged alcoholism to covid 19 job losses and school closures as if Zimbabwe was the ONLY country on earth that experienced such.
I challenge baobab to report the many positives about Zimbabwe. How about that we consistently punch above our weight in human capital development or that after land reform Zimbabwe is back in the TOP 5 of tobacco producing countries alongside the US Brazil India and China (a huge achievement for a country as shall as this) or that Zimbabwe currently leads in blueberry production in the world. Even our gdp as reported in your other story beats countries like Rwanda by a wide margin.
The west have decided to only report what is negative and to ALWAYS put Zimbabwe in every negative category- most alcohol consumption, most food insecure country alongside war torn countries like Ukraine, Sudan and gaza. Most child marriages. The economist magazine consistently rates harare one of the worst capital cities in the world alongside capitals in war torn countries such as kabul Damascus etc. Surely all these negatives cannot be true?Come on baobab you can do better than merely parroting lies from people with a regime change agenda.
Hi Mary.
Thanks a lot for your comment. Let us try and explain:
The data is from WHO, and we noticed that some local publications reported on the same data, such as The Zimbabwe Mail (https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Zimbabwe+Tops+World+Record+On+Alcohol+Consumption%22)
We do believe we have also portrayed Zimbabwe in a positive light and not only in a negative one, such as in the following articles:
1. https://baobabnewsletter.substack.com/p/zimbabwe-private-sector-agriculture
2. https://baobabnewsletter.substack.com/p/zimbabwes-biggest-wheat-harvest-in
among other articles.
Let us know what you think, and thanks again for your comment.
This data CANNOT be from the WHO. There is no way for example that Zimbabwe would beat a country like South Africa in alcohol consumption. Also the Zimbabwe mail is a western sponsored or based purveyor of negativity about Zimbabwe. No-one can take it seriously. Baobab must vet what you post about Zimbabwe. Media matters and if you also join certain groups in beating the negative drum about Zimbabwe the image put out is not balanced but portrays us as a drunken, hungry, oppressed poor people when in fact it is not true. Be balanced and vet your stories
Hi Mary,
A little update. We've contacted the source (https://wisevoter.com/country-rankings/alcohol-consumption-by-country/) a couple of times already for clarification on where they obtained the data and why they're quoting WHO. We've yet to hear from them, and if they don't get back to us in the next week or two, we'll address it in the newsletter.
Cheers.
Thank you 😊
Hi Mary,
Thanks again. We've asked the source for access to the data so we can also verify. We agree, it is important. We'll let you know as soon as we get it (or if they refuse to share it).
Until soon.