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11-22-2004, 07:11 AM
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70% of Zimbabwe's workers have fled - report
70% of Zimbabwe's workers have fled - report
AN estimated 70 percent of Zimbabwe's working population, or 3,4 million people, have left the country to escape its political and economic crisis, a regional church group said on Friday. About 1,2 million are believed to be in South Africa, making them one of the largest groups of foreigners in the country, the SA-registered Solidarity Peace Trust said in a report. "An estimated 25 to 30 percent of Zimbabwe's population has left the nation. Out of five million potentially productive adults, 3,4 million are outside Zimbabwe. This is a staggering 60 to 70 percent of productive adults," the report said. Zimbabwe is mired in its worst crisis since independence in 1980, with unemployment estimated at 70 percent and inflation in triple digits. Critics say the seizure of white-owned commercial farms has badly hit the agricultural sector, and accuse the government of cracking down on political opposition. Memo to Mugabe: kick out and kill whitey, your people starve. Have fun with all that.
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11-22-2004, 07:32 AM
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He's not starving.
And that's all that matters. African leaders, by and large, are in it solely for themselves. As long as he's not staring, it's all good.
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