Now, to look at this photo, would you guess that the inhabitants have electricity only a few hours a day, that their aquifer has run dry and everyone must purchase water supplied from outside, that the internet service is a crap shoot and telephone calls are frustrating to complete, that poverty in the streets is rife along with urchins, that the police are so poorly paid they have no petrol for their automobiles, that the courthouses are in disrepair with mostly non-functional restrooms? This is the ground truth, Fren. There are great hotels in Lusaka (I've stayed in a few), but also shabbiness. A common feature of residences is a high wall against burglary, and installation of "burglar bars" over windows. The traffic is dense and frustrating, and the streets are ridden with potholes so deep and wide, they can damage one's vehicle. This is the Third World, where wealth lives cheek-to-jowl with poverty, and the potential is heartbreakingly defeated by negligence and corruption.
Just remember, out of an Eswatini population of 1.2 million, only 110,000 live in the Capital. That's about the size of the suburban city that I live in, and I can guarantee that life is much better here than there. Unless I am very wealthy, in which case it can be good. But where do you think they locate a prison??? (And, by the way, I did a Google map view of it and zoomed in on the city. There are other, smaller cities...or perhaps towns.)
Here's a photo of Lusaka, Zambia, a city of 1.7 million (more than all of Eswatini) out of a nation of 20 million:
https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/651333164849032368/
Now, to look at this photo, would you guess that the inhabitants have electricity only a few hours a day, that their aquifer has run dry and everyone must purchase water supplied from outside, that the internet service is a crap shoot and telephone calls are frustrating to complete, that poverty in the streets is rife along with urchins, that the police are so poorly paid they have no petrol for their automobiles, that the courthouses are in disrepair with mostly non-functional restrooms? This is the ground truth, Fren. There are great hotels in Lusaka (I've stayed in a few), but also shabbiness. A common feature of residences is a high wall against burglary, and installation of "burglar bars" over windows. The traffic is dense and frustrating, and the streets are ridden with potholes so deep and wide, they can damage one's vehicle. This is the Third World, where wealth lives cheek-to-jowl with poverty, and the potential is heartbreakingly defeated by negligence and corruption.
Just remember, out of an Eswatini population of 1.2 million, only 110,000 live in the Capital. That's about the size of the suburban city that I live in, and I can guarantee that life is much better here than there. Unless I am very wealthy, in which case it can be good. But where do you think they locate a prison??? (And, by the way, I did a Google map view of it and zoomed in on the city. There are other, smaller cities...or perhaps towns.)