I have been waiting for news of the fortunes ( or not ) which may come out of the delayed election results.
Certainly all the UK papers seem to be speculating that Mugabe is about to step down and ( my words ) perhaps seek asylum in another country.
There are strong indications that significant news is going to be released today, Wednesday.
I had a long chat with a friend in Zim this morning. She says they have electricity most of the time apart from three four hour breaks each week. They now have water allmost all the time and the shops have some food although its expensive. For the last few weeks before the elections the electricity, water and food problems have greatly improved!
Her 17 y.o. daughter drives the four miles to her Convent school in her own four year old car !!! Do many sixth form kids drive to school in the UK?
If a new regime succeeds to take control then I wonder just how long it will take to get the country under control? I could see massive improvements within a few weeks with the country returning to the Commonwealth and receiving significant grant aid from the west. The stalled tourist industry could be quickly reinstated to give a boost to foreign exchange and foreign companies could establish manufacturing plants to take advantage of the 80% unemployment.
They could even invite back white farmers???
Tony
Certainly all the UK papers seem to be speculating that Mugabe is about to step down and ( my words ) perhaps seek asylum in another country.
There are strong indications that significant news is going to be released today, Wednesday.
I had a long chat with a friend in Zim this morning. She says they have electricity most of the time apart from three four hour breaks each week. They now have water allmost all the time and the shops have some food although its expensive. For the last few weeks before the elections the electricity, water and food problems have greatly improved!
Her 17 y.o. daughter drives the four miles to her Convent school in her own four year old car !!! Do many sixth form kids drive to school in the UK?
If a new regime succeeds to take control then I wonder just how long it will take to get the country under control? I could see massive improvements within a few weeks with the country returning to the Commonwealth and receiving significant grant aid from the west. The stalled tourist industry could be quickly reinstated to give a boost to foreign exchange and foreign companies could establish manufacturing plants to take advantage of the 80% unemployment.
They could even invite back white farmers???
Tony