The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
The U.S. is reluctant to grant aid or financial concessions while President Robert Mugabe's ruling clique still holds most of the power but the good news is that there are many economic reforms that could have rapid results - unlike aid, which has shackled Africans and fuelled corruption.
Zimbabwe's neighbors have all seen the effect of opening trade in the last decade and Zimbabwe itself was a big exporter only a few years ago. Every simplification of tax and business regulations, every bolstering of contract law and public safety has an almost immediate impact on individuals, families and the economy.
But there's a mountain to climb. Zimbabwe's long-running cholera epidemic is just another symptom of obstinate and savage oppression. Since 1998, the average life expectancy for Zimbabweans has declined from 55 to 35. More than 80 percent of the adult population is unemployed. Nearly half of all Zimbabweans risk malnutrition and starvation: eight million need food aid, twice as many as just a few years ago. Zimbabwe's children suffer the highest mortality, malnourishment and stunted growth of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Mugabe's corrupt gang keeps power by imposing martial law, stealing land, controlling the media and banning dissent. Opposition activists have been imprisoned and murdered while a brave judiciary is ignored. The current attempt at bi-partisan government looks like another trick by Mugabe to crush his enemies by pulling them closer.
Little wonder, then, that thousands flee across the borders into Botswana and South Africa, while thousands more are turned back every day: about a third of the population lives abroad.
Zimbabwe's rulers blame the British former colonialists, not Mugabe's oppression, reckless spending, taxes, business restrictions and inflation. In the hackneyed but apt phrase, he has turned the region's breadbasket into a basket-case.1|2|Next Page>>SharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 3000 characters maxType in image codeSubmit Receive China Post promos Respond to this email Also in Special to The China PostUpdated Friday, June 12, 2009 11:10 am TWN▪From silver to gold: History lessons in choosing currencies▪Despite the risks and worries about flying, we still do it▪Obama's real mission will be to boost GM car sales▪Bulldozers won't end India's slums▪Ma's China 'truce' triggers war of wordsMoreMost Read▪Gov't revises strategies against swine flu▪Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials▪Avoid bars, clubs during travel: CDC▪South Korea braces for possible 3rd nuke test by North▪China unlikely to take Russian lead on selling U.S. Treasuries Subscribe | Advertise | RSS Feed | About Us | Career | Contact Us
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