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Africa stands to lose out because the current reshaping of supply chains is not intended to shift trade, investments and jobs towards African trade partners.
September’s a gorgeous time to go rambling in the kopjes in Zimbabwe, especially if you’re trying to forget the trials of everyday life.
Cathy Buckle describes the short break needed to revive her flagging spirits, and explains what makes living in Zimbabwe still worthwhile.
In April 2009, Cabinet created the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project which afforded asylum to nationals fleeing their own crises.
August is the time of new beginnings in Zimbabwe, when temperatures are rising, leaves are falling and the Msasa pods are cracking and spitting out seeds.
But this letter isn’t about the absurd, unnecessary facts of daily life in Zimbabwe, it’s about the jewels in the dust.
The gold story in Zimbabwe is one of self-enrichment, smugglers, powerful cartels, and desperate people sifting through the mud at the bottom.
National debt stands at US$17bn. And still, the ANC defends Zimbabwe. Cathy takes refuge in her natural surrounds, as any true pantheist would.
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was on a completely different page and he said that “all is well” in Zimbabwe. “What crisis?” he said.
Cathy Buckle paints a rather bleak picture of the status quo across the border where the once proud bread basket of Africa cannot even supply maize meal to stock supermarket shelves.