While the Zimbabwean government remains locked in denial about the virtual collapse and stabilisation in crisis of the economy for decades now, the suffering of the ordinary people - who now survive by fleeing across borders to scourge for a living - continues to tell the real story.
Millions of Zimbabweans have fled the country to South Africa, Botswana, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, among many other countries around the world, due to authoritarian political repression and economic hardships back home.
The Zimbabwean economy, once one of the most prosperous economies in sub-Saharan Africa, has been destroyed by Zanu PF leadership, governance and policy failures, corruption and incompetence, as well as structural shifts and negative global economic dynamics.