The Book of Zimbabwe
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The intriguing Book of Zimbabwe – Part 12, The first close election & the aftermath
All the while, the politics never stopped All the while that the issues of hyperinflation and currency restatements discussed in…
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The intriguing Book of Zimbabwe – Part 11, Hyperinflation
Hyperinflation and the multiple deaths of the Zimbabwe Dollar Earlier on, we saw how a number of factors converged to…
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The intriguing Book of Zimbabwe – Part 10, How sanctions came & how sanctions work
And now the storm Now that the historical context is set, it is now possible to explore how these seemingly…
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The intriguing Book of Zimbabwe – Part 9 – Corruption
Opulence and the ugly head of corruption Before we tackle the next chapter of the developing story on land in…
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The intriguing Book of Zimbabwe – Part 8, Understanding the land problem
A brief history of Zimbabwe’s land problem It isn’t possible to fully understand the question of land in Zimbabwe before…
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The intriguing Book of Zimbabwe – Part 7, What with the land?
The people were becoming restless Increasing inequality, exclusion and disaffection in urban and rural areas especially as it related to…
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The intriguing Book of Zimbabwe – Part 6, Thorns in the economic structure
. . . but structural adjustment was not the panacea Although ZANU PF had come to power with a socialist…
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The intriguing Book of Zimbabwe – Part 5, Roses & thorns in the economy
“It’s complicated” – The relationship with apartheid South Africa As the political machinery rumbled on, consolidating power for Mugabe and…
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The intriguing Book of Zimbabwe, Part 4 – Gukurahundi & Consolidation of Power
Gukurahundi, the forever stain in our history This is the abridged story of how Gukurahundi brought infamy to what should…
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The intriguing Book of Zimbabwe – Part 3, from guerillas to diplomats
And so it begins The pomp and ceremony is over now. The sun rises not over Rhodesia but over Zimbabwe.…
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