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Under Robert Mugabe the Zimbabwean government carried out “Operation Murabatsvina”, or sweep away the filth or garage.

Slums before Mugabe's  Filth Removal

Slums AFTER Mugabe's Filth  Removal 

More than 90,000 households were destroyed and half a million people displaced. Robert Mugabe used bulldozers to crush and remove some of the poorest people in the land, and he did so in the dead of winter. 

Robert Mugabe is an embarrassment to Africa and to all Africans.

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News Flash

 

 

June 27th 2008

 

MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti, who is facing charges of treason, communicating statements prejudicial to the State, causing disaffection among the defence forces and insulting the President has been released from jail on $1 trillion bail.

 

That's 30 US$ today!

 

"The applicant (Biti) be and is hereby admitted to bail in the sum of $1 000 000 000 000 to be deposited with the registrar of this court," he said.

 

 

 

 

Another!

 

(Pink = Puke)

 

'A crushing victory' - Mugabe

 

 President Robert Mugabe has claimed he is heading for a crushing victory in Zimbabwe's one-man election judging from unofficial partial tallies he has seen.

 

 "I thank you for the manner in which you voted, we won overwhelmingly," Mugabe told mourners at a funeral on Saturday of his wife's grandmother, according to a clip shown on state television.

 "You would not imagine that in Harare, where we had been beaten in all but one constituency in the March elections, this time around not even one went to the MDC," he said.

 

(The mind boggles!)

 

 In the first round of voting, the opposition swept 25 out of the 26 constituencies that make up the capital.

 "Today (Saturday) I was looking at the ballots... everywhere in Harare, not even one went to the MDC," he said at the funeral in Chikomba village, south of the capital.

 "I don't know if they (electoral officials) have finished (tallying), but that is what it was, not even one (went to the opposition)," he told a cheering crowd.
 
 

Another!

 

 

Mugabe sworn in after disputed Zimbabwean election.

 

 

Mugabe said he won in all parts of the capital city of Harare and many parts elsewhere. He added that he did not know what prompted the people to vote in such overwhelming numbers, unlike the March elections when the divided outcome forced the presidential race into a runoff.

 

 

Mugabe does not stand alone in leadership collapse.

 

 

If you want a laugh on Bob - click HERE! 

 

 

 

BOO!

 

 

 

 

Click the thumb below to learn about Southern Africa's historic Mfecane - Lifaqane - Difaqane and explore centuries old Xenophobia history. 

 

 

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PS. Newsbreak!

Z$1.4-trillion a beer

Article By:

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:40

 

Zimbabwe is in the grips of a devastating economic crisis inflation, characterized by hyperinflation, officially put at 2.2-million percent but estimated by independent economists to exceed 15-million percent.

The value of the Zimbabwe dollar has hurtled from 1 US to 5300 Zimbabwean at the beginning of the year to Z$120-billion Zimbabwean for a single greenback currently.

On Wednesday, bars were selling a single quart of beer for Z$1.4-trillion (12 zeroes).

Businesses are increasingly refusing to deal in the increasingly worthless local currency. The biggest available banknote, the Z$100-billion note launched at the weekend, does not even buy a loaf of bread.

 

PSS. Newsbreak Agian!

 

http://business.iafrica.com/news/1054100.htm

 

      

 

Repeat - Repeat

 

Zim zeroes in

Article By: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:56

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has warned business people that he will impose a state of emergency if they profiteer.

Mugabe made the threat after the reserve bank governor announced he is knocking 10 zeros off the hyper-inflated currency. On 1 August, Z$10-billion becomes one dollar.

Mugabe warned profiteers in a televised address on Wednesday not to "drive us further" but said if they did the government would impose emergency measures.

The new currency was forced because computers, electronic calculators and automated teller machines at banks cannot handle basic transactions in billions and trillions of dollars. A Z$100-billion note issued last week is not enough to buy a loaf of bread.

Sapa

 

 

MORE

 

They took some zeros off their notes, started again and then this:

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/16/zimbawe.currency/index.html   

January 16, 2009 -- Updated 1010 GMT

 HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's central bank says it will soon introduce a 100 trillion dollar note as the once prosperous country battles to keep pace with hyperinflation that has caused many to abandon the country's currency.

 The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe said the new notes that includes 50 trillion, 20 trillion and 10 trillion would be released for the "convenience of the public," according to statement released Thursday.

"In a move meant to ensure that the public has access to their money from banks, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has introduced a new family of bank notes which will gradually come into circulation, starting with the 10 trillion Zimbabwe dollar," the bank said in its announcement.

The new 100 trillion dollar bill would be worth about $300 in U.S. currency. A loaf of bread in Zimbabwe now costs about 300 billion Zimbabwean dollars -- and like most commodities, the price increases every day.

Earlier this month, Zimbabwe introduced a 50 billion dollar bill as the country battles to fight cash shortages stemming from the world's highest inflation rate. The official rate was 231 million percent as of July.

The currency is in free fall, forcing traders to peg their prices to international currency to hedge against losses. The Zimbabwean dollar is facing extinction, with most traders now accepting other countries' notes, claiming that they import their products.

Two weeks Later...

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/02/zimbabwe.dollars/index.html

Feburary 2, 2009

 

HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe slashed 12 zeroes from its currency as hyperinflation continued to erode its value, the country's central bank announced Monday.

Patrick Chinamasa, Zimbabwe's acting finance minister, arrives last week

at Parliament to present the '09 budget.

"Even in the face of current economic and political challenges confronting the economy, the Zimbabwe dollar ought to and must remain the nation's currency, so as to safeguard our national identity and sovereignty. ... Our national currency is a fundamental economic pillar of our sovereignty," said Gideon Gono, governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.

"Accordingly, therefore, this monetary policy statement unveils yet another necessary program of revaluing our local currency, through the removal of 12 zeroes with immediate effect."

The move means that 1 trillion in Zimbabwe dollars now will be equivalent to one Zimbabwe dollar.

The old notes -- with the highest being 100 trillion dollars -- not enough to buy a loaf of bread -- will remain valid until June 30, after which they will cease to be legal tender. One U.S. dollar is trading above 300 trillion Zimbabwe dollars.
 

 

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