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Is South Africa Set To Follow The Same Route As Zimbabwe?

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Don Rizzle:
I understand the need for land reform but there are ways of going about it and following zimbabwe is not one of them, 20 years ago zimbabwe was africas most sucessful country, it had the best education system and a healthy agricultural industry which could feed its people, then mugabe told his black goon squads to occupy the white farms and force them off their land so it could be given back to the blacks. They then put poor innexperienced black farmers on the land, who didn't have the skills or the money to develop it properly and subsequently their havests have dwindled so much so the country is starving, mugabe's solution to that is selling out his country to china.

now south africa is africa's most sucessful country and they have been following the best course for giving their land back to the blacks, but forceful evictions could ruin the country.

Don Rizzle:
todays zimbabwe.....

No fuel for Zimbabwe ambulances
Ambulances in Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo, have run out of fuel, along with fire engines, council vehicles, buses and even undertakers' vehicles.
Prison authorities say they cannot transport suspects to court because they have no petrol.

Burst sewer and water pipes are not being repaired because council workers have no transport, said Bulawayo's mayor, Japhet Ndabeni-Ncube.

Zimbabwe is experiencing an economic crisis, with a lack of basic goods.

Supermarkets often run out of sugar and the staple food maize meal, while unemployment and inflation are rampant.

Black market

The BBC's Themba Nkosi in Bulawayo says thousands of people are walking to work due to the lack of public transport.

But he says cars can still be seen on the road - because people can buy petrol on the black market.

Government and court officials are also using the black market, he says.

Of the city's 12 ambulances, five had run out of fuel, Mr Ndabeni-Ncube told the South African Press Agency, Sapa.

"The general services of council are not being carried out," said the mayor, who is a member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.

The MDC accuses President Robert Mugabe of ruining what was one of Africa's most developed economies.

Mr Mugabe says the problems have been caused by a western plot to oust him.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/africa/4274342.stm

Published: 2005/09/23 08:57:54 GMT

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