Dubbed the Third Revolution, President Robert Mugabe's ruthless campaign to stay in power at whatever cost has been truly sobering to the nation.
A wasteland is all that remains of a country which was only rivalled in Africa at independence by economic powerhouses South Africa and Nigeria.
But Zimbabweans can be certain that Mugabe, when he joins other leaders at the WSSD, will make the usual positive declarations of eradicating poverty and disease and of empowering his nation and protecting its natural resources - the key goals of the summit.
And yet back home, the actions of his government will indeed highlight why such summits, at least for Africa, are useless talk shops which are better forgotten.
Indeed Mugabe's weekend appointment of the so-called war Cabinet - a Cabinet whose mandate is to crush opponents and all voices of democracy - once again makes the point that he is determined to take Zimbabwe down with him at whatever price.
In other words, the WSSD will count for nothing for Zimbabweans as long as their leader refuses to back down from his suicidal path. It is this simple.
A wasteland is all that remains of a country which was only rivalled in Africa at independence by economic powerhouses South Africa and Nigeria.
But Zimbabweans can be certain that Mugabe, when he joins other leaders at the WSSD, will make the usual positive declarations of eradicating poverty and disease and of empowering his nation and protecting its natural resources - the key goals of the summit.
And yet back home, the actions of his government will indeed highlight why such summits, at least for Africa, are useless talk shops which are better forgotten.
Indeed Mugabe's weekend appointment of the so-called war Cabinet - a Cabinet whose mandate is to crush opponents and all voices of democracy - once again makes the point that he is determined to take Zimbabwe down with him at whatever price.
In other words, the WSSD will count for nothing for Zimbabweans as long as their leader refuses to back down from his suicidal path. It is this simple.