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Unfortunately this will only happen once government takes responsibility for its mistakes. Almost all Southern African nations that still have/had the initial 'freedom fighter' governments have floundered. I.E Mozambique, Zambia etc. The first step, I belive is to stop the hatred and greed, and pull together as a communittee.
Running a country is like managing a huge conglomerate. Every person has their place within a nation and that role, no matter how small is essential.
Unfortunately, even once the madness stops, it will take years to get Zimbabwe to what it once was. Children are not being educated, almost 90% unemployment and no commercial farms providing food for the people.
No matter what I am proud to be Zimbabwean and would not revert back to the former colonial name of Rhodisia - there is too much history. What Zimbabweans need is to look to the future, not the past and start to rebuild with a government of the people. A government with vision looking to build a nation not suck it dry.
Zimbabwe's life expectancy is 37 for men and 34 for women - the lowest in the world.. including war zones! Just goes to show what mismanagement of a country can do.
The pictures of abuse that have come out of Zimbabwe from Police and Army are horrific. Can be found on Google images - http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&lr=&um=1&q=zimbabwean+violence&sa=N&start=20&ndsp=20.
As much lip service as there will be paid in order to get the funds, once they have hit the home shores that is a different story. I have heard too many stories of food/aid etc being denied to those in need who do not present the right credentials.
However that is not to say that I would not gladly be proved wrong. As the saying goes – I expect the worst .. but hope for the best!
I also find it incredible that the country has managed to last so long with such enormous figures of inflation (reaching well into the MILLIONS!). I think one major influencing factor has been the Diaspora communities. With more than 3 / 4 million Zimbabwean’s living outside the country sending home foreign currency (forex), this has created all kinds of opportunities.
Also, prior to forex (USD/ZAR etc) being utilised people were back to the bartering system. As you can imagine this creates all kinds of problems with regards to tax – government has been making no money for years.
Your question on Mugabe is interesting. He was a great leader and is an incredibly intelligent man. It is hard to pin point where things all went wrong. Some say when the farmers started getting involved in politics, others when we went to war in the DRC, possibly it is a combination of many things.
I hope I have managed to answer some of your questions!