Mugabe harvests lies as Zimbabwe faces shortages

The Times ^ | July 9, 2004 | Jan Raath

[zimdog]

"In terms of what was going on next door, Rhodesia was a far better option for a black African."

That sounds reasonable. Still, it was hardly a paradise. Give me Senegal or Ghana any day.

"Personally, if I was black and educated in that time I would have simply left (which many did and perhaps that's why southern Africa is in the state that it is in)."

That's becase life was tough then and that's what's happpening when life is tough in Zimbabwe now. Most of those who can leave are leaving, which means the wealthiest (well, not THE wealthiest...) and most highly educated people are elsewere. It will be hard times for Zimbabwe even after Mugabe is gone. Ironic that in just 10 years Zim went from having 90+% literacy to persecuting the free press. Most everyone can read, but there's so little worth reading.

[cyborg]

Ghana yes... Kenya sure... there are still countries reasonable enough to live in without having a small contingent of security staff. Rhodesia wasn't a paradise, but if you were a laborer or other such househelp that wasn't educated and not going anywhere you didn't particularly mind not voting. That's another thread altogether. Anyway, the folks that I know that are still there and NOT leaving have jobs in other industries not farm related. And yes you're right about the free press and now they're allegedly scrubbing email too. One man I'm thinking about is a white man working in the mining industry who changes his emails regularly.

[happygrl]

Why doesn't Bush speak out against this?

He did speak out about Mugabe last June when he visited Africa, specifically, he gave Prime Minister Mbeki of South Africa one year to produce results.

What will be next, after this soft ultimatum, is anyone's guess.

[happygrl]

Zimbabwe must be de-ZANU-fied.

There's more from whence Mugabe came.

The entire doltish Black Elite in that country needs a comeuppance.

[zimdog]

"Rhodesia wasn't a paradise, but if you were a laborer or other such househelp that wasn't educated and not going anywhere you didn't particularly mind not voting."


Maybe so, but voting or not voting should be a personal choice and not that of the government.

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"And yes you're right about the free press and now they're allegedly scrubbing email too. One man I'm thinking about is a white man working in the mining industry who changes his emails regularly."


This is the first I heard of email scrubbing, but I don't doubt it one bit. Censorship is getting worse and worse there, soon there won't be much more printed material to left uncensored. Then they'll really clamp down on the people.