The short story Emilia Ilieva and Waveney Olembo (Ed.), When the Sun Goes Down and Other Stories. With illustrations from Sandisile Tshuma’s story Arrested Development, write...

      

The short story Emilia Ilieva and Waveney Olembo (Ed.), When the Sun Goes Down and Other Stories.

With illustrations from Sandisile Tshuma’s story Arrested Development, write an essay on the problems people face in a poorly managed country.

  

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Lydia
The Short Story: When the Sun Goes Down and Other Stories

Introduction

In any poorly managed country, the citizens will always face many problems, be they social or economic, which affect delivery of services and development in general. (Accept any other relevant introduction, 2mks)

Content
Ai) There is slow service de livery. The narrator has to wait for two hours to get money from a bank to pay for her journey. She also takes long waiting for transport. She remarks, “we wait for transport, electricity, for rain, for slow-speed internet connections at dingy cyber – cafes in towns……”


Aii) There is a struggle to get public transport. The narrator notes that there is a lot of struggle to get public transport.” I hear someone yell before 1am painfully elbowed to the side by a tiny woman with rabid look in her eye. Women in chiffon blouses and pencil skirts struggle to clamber in…he says,” there is no public transport, we are extremely desperate (pg 87)


Aiii) A poor transportation system is another problem. The narrator says they are packed like sardines in the scary noon- day sun………” Pg 88 They are also overcharged………. Pg 85. People especially in the rural areas are packed in the small private cars and there is a lot of overloading.


Aiv) There is also corruption. The driver has to bribe the police to give him a ticket because he says that this way they will not be able to give him anymore tickets at the subsequent roadblocks along the way. Gloria has forgotten her passport but she has no worries since she knows a person who can organize to get a pass for her at a small fee. The traffic police have to be bribed. Border officials, highway police, magistrates, anyone and everyone, have to be paid off. “There is no palm that cannot be greased.” The author also talks of illegal trade (back market) Pg 89. They carry contraband of choice……Pg 93. The driver and Gloria are also involved in this trade. They carry contraband between Zimbabwe and South Africa


Av) There are also social evils, specifically conning. The driver picks someone in Gwanda and he has a story to tell. “Did he not count the money?”Pg 92. He has been conned. “they gave him a couple of thousand dollars in $ 100 and $ 500 in exchange for eight hundred rand in hand………) Pg 92

Avi) There are endless power cuts. There are power blackouts at the BeitBridge when the narrator arrives. He walks into the starry night (Pg 86) The narrator says that they are used to waiting for most services including electricity. A friend of the narrator,Lihle, says that she can do anything in the dark; fetch water , light a fire, cook a decent meal, etc for she is used to the endless power cuts(Pg 93) Lihle’s imported hair piece always smells like wood from firewood she uses as a result of the endless power cuts (pg 93). (Expect any 4 well developed points) (Mark 3:3:3:3 = 12 marks)
Conclusion Although these social and economic issues are prevalent in the story, this can be avoided by good governance

(Accept any other relevant conclusion = 2mks)

Summary Introduction = 2mks

Con tent = 12mks

Grammar + presentation = 4mks

Conclusion = 2mks 20MKS
lydiajane74 answered the question on January 23, 2018 at 08:53


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