Essay‚ Zimbabwe The people in Zimbabwe have suffered terribly as a consequence of the government led by Robert Mugabe. Mugabe’s government has ignored human rights‚ ruined people’s lives with great illnesses‚ deaths and unemployment. He has wrecked Zimbabwe’s economy and refused to permit democratic elections. Mugabe became president in 1980 and has from then on become a dictator. In 2008 it seemed as though his rival leader Morgan Tsvangirai would win the election but Mugabe sent his army
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Foreign travel advice Zimbabwe Safety and security Crime There is a moderate level of crime‚ including occasional armed robberies targeting foreign residents. Make sure your accommodation is secure at all times. Mugging‚ pick pocketing and jewellery theft are common in city centres‚ especially after dark. Be particularly careful at Harare airport‚ and when leaving banks and cash points. Don’t carry large amounts of cash.People travelling around alone may be more vulnerable to crime. Carry a photocopy
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the growth and development of democratic attitudes and behaviours. The result of this is that these three streams have reinforced post-independence autocratic practices and produced the hardened strain of authoritarianism that is visible today in Zimbabwe. Thus‚ it can be concluded that authoritarianism has come on since a long time and that its resilience was openly displayed in the run-up to the presidential runoff election in 2008. (Masunungure‚ 2011:
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For the past ten years‚ Zimbabwe has been riddled with economic stagnation as well as being the subject of political instability‚ thus that been the reason why many companies and countries have turned a blind eye as concerns investing. Once known as the bread basket of Africa‚ Zimbabwe has the ability to rise up again especially with the internationally accepted new government of Unity were the two major political parties‚ ZANU PF and MDC have come together to work as one for the betterment of the
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CHAPTER ONE [pic] 1. Introduction At independence in 1980 the Zimbabwe dollar replaced the Rhodesian dollar at par at a rate which was higher than the American dollar. Although this quickly deteriorated‚ it was not until the late nineties that a series of events led to the demise of the Zimbabwean dollar. In 2008 in an 18-month ‘experiment’‚ foreign currency was accepted as legal tender for transactions with a set number of retailers. “Honorable Members will be aware that in the hyper-inflationary
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the “uneven development‚“ as it is argued that Robert Mugabe did not have any other option‚ than to adopt the neoliberal policies of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in an attempt to free the Zimbabwean economy (Bond 93). In 1991‚ Zimbabwe introduced what is known as the Economic Structural Adjustment (ESAP)‚ to stimulate economic growth and reduce poverty. The government would “de-emphasise its expenditure on social services and emphasise investment in the material production sectors
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The Rise of Student Leadership in Zimbabwe Mufaro Gunduza When an eagle flies at lower levels children may mistake it for a vulture and stone it! Shona proverb The rise of student leadership in Zimbabwe is characterized by a mixed bag of fortunes and misfortunes. Whilst the students of the pre-1980 era were by and large pro-guerrilla movements such as ZANU PF and its Zanla military wing and ZAPU PF and its Zipra military wing‚ post-independence student leaders sought to jealously guard the newly
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The fall of the Ian Smith led Rhodesian government led to Zimbabwe gaining its independence in 1980. The ZANU PF government led by then Prime Minister Mugabe of the ZANU PF party embraced a policy of national reconciliation between races in order to encourage amity‚ nation-building and economic growth between the country’s white minority and black majority racial groups. This lead to a period of growth throughout the 1980s‚ the economy performed extremely well‚ which led the Central government expenditure
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International Journal of Advanced Research in Management and Social Sciences ISSN: 2278-6236 RURALISATION OF URBAN AREAS: REVERSING DEVELOPMENT IN ZIMBABWE Jacob Mugumbate* Francis Maushe* Chamunogwa Nyoni‚ PhD* Abstract: Urbanisation is on an upward trend in Zimbabwe as evidenced by expansion of urban centres. Notwithstanding advances towards urbanisation‚ some urban centres are actually de-urbanising or ruralising as witnessed by deteriorating livelihoods‚ services and infrastructure
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