by Lelety Mabasa – Zimbabwe – Always faithful in shocking the world, Zimbabwe has scored yet another first, and as usual, for all the wrong reasons. It seems that the country is moving towards an economy of special cheques for…
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Zimbabwe Introduces Special Banknotes as Inflation Soars
Tagged with: Africa, Economy, Inflation, Politics, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The World
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The World
Mugabe’s Opposition, the MDC, Refuses to Be Crushed
by Lelety Mabasa – Zimbabwe – There was chaos and pandemonium at Harare’s city center on January 23rd, as thousands of ordinary people came face-to-face with the wrath of the police’s riot squad, who were summoned by Zimbabwe’s aging President,…
Tagged with: Africa, Economy, Elections, human rights, Politics, Robert Mugabe, Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
As the Power Supply in Zimbabwe Becomes Unreliable, Families, Industry and the Economy All Suffer
by Lelety Mabasa – Zimbabwe – Vongai stumbles into the house and fumbles as she pulls her room key from her bra. After she struggles with the lock for several minutes, the door finally creaks open. She slips into the…
Zimbabwe’s Planned National Indigenization and Empowerment Bill: Disaster for the Country’s Economic Infrastructure
by Lelety Mabasa – Zimbabwe – Reeling under severe economic hardships which have earned it the world’s highest monthly inflation rate, Zimbabwe is to be dealt yet another blow as far as foreign investment is concerned. The impending disaster will…
Tagged with: Africa, economic policy, Economy, Mugabe, National Indigenization and Empowerment Bill, Politics, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
The Critical Exodus of Professionals from Zimbabwe
By Lelety Mabasa – Zimbabwe – Mariah turns on her back. She winces from pain as she stretches her arms. She sleeps on the ground, and her thin blankets hardly protect her from the rough surface. From her room, she…
