C.G. Tracey

I have been reading a lot and getting closer all the time I think, to what I want to do for the future. I am currently reading the auto-biography of C.G. Traccy-had never heard of him before, but was apparently one of the main driving forces of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). It was incredible how much he did-commissioning valuable research that would lead to Zimbabwe's agricultural success in the 1980's, setting up and running a huge amount of organizations such as Rhodesia Promotion Council, Cotton marketing, gold mining, sanction-breaking. And the calibre of people he associated with-v.p. of the USA/British MP's, business leader etc-he was invited to speak at the Oxford Union on one occasion but was tied up doing something. However, the title was 'All for nothing?' and was it just that? Zimbabwe went from a net exporter of commoditiest to having a reliance on UN food aid currently in the space of less than two decades. He lost his farm at the height of the farm invasions, and died, aged 86, last month. It is just tragic, that all that people like him did for Zimbabwe has now been lost because of the whole political and economic circus. Anyway, maybe it is a calling for some of us youngsters to leave the past behind, and get on with building up the country again to and beyond its former status?