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I didn’t know about this when I visited Victoria Falls in 1991, but apparently you can watch the water flow over the edge. Amazing. I would have done this when I was 22, but not today.
It’s great the British Government is planning to offer a lifeline to its estimated 750 citizens who are struggling as pensioners in Zimbabwe.
What about the elderly white people who served the colonial government, but don’t have British citizenship?
When Mugabe came to power they were promised pensions under the Lancaster House Agreement. They also had a reasonable expectation of proper health care.
Britan should have sought years ago to enforce that agreement, using military means if necessary.
According to the BBC: “Robert Mugabe has said he is heading for a “sweeping victory” in Zimbabwe’s unopposed run-off presidential poll.
“Officials have scheduled his inauguration for 1300 GMT on Sunday, even though official results are yet to be published.
“He was the only candidate after the opposition boycotted the vote amid reports of violence and intimidation.
“African observers of the poll have called for fresh elections to be held, saying the vote was not free or fair.”
What a sham; a tragic farce. The world really does need to intervene.
The election recount has quite remarkably maintained the parliamentary majority for the opposition.
There are some very brave people in Zimbabwe. I hope the world doesn’t totally abandon them.
With Zimbabwe’s inflation running at more than 100,000 percent a year and the election result still unannounced, it’s interesting I found a Zimbabwean coin in my house today.
It’s a 5 cent peice from 1985. It lookes like a rabbit on one side, but surely not!
That coin would have been worth about one cent Australian when I visited Zimbabwe in 1991. That would have bought things.
Today the metal would be worth significantly more than the currency.
Mugabe’s ruling party ZANU-PF has asked for a recount of the presidential votes even before they have been released!
The party has contested parliamentary results in 16 electorates, claiming bribery of election officials by the Opposition.
What a sham. But still the world looks on.
