How depressing. Bulawayo was one of the most pleasant towns I've ever visited. It had a colonial charm like bits of Bangalore used to have -- wide, tree-lined streets filled with old bungalows. It was a larger version of Livingstone, Zambia where I grew up -- only better maintained and far more prosperous. And Zimbabweans were a lot friendlier and pleasant than the Batswana I was living among at the time.
Zimbabwe could have been the hub of the regional economy - it's well placed and blessed with wonderful natural resources. *Sigh* -- b On 7/16/07, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Its a great market for real estate. I know a few opportunistic people who have made trips to harare and bulawayo over the last 2 years and snapped up massive villas and chalets for next to nothing.... of course if there is a radical change in government or imminent collapse (both of which are likely outcomes in the next 6 months...) these title deeds could be annulled..... On 7/16/07, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,,2127297,00.html > > Mugabe's price cuts bring cheap TVs today, new crisis tomorrow > Police and Zanu-PF lead bargain hunt after officials order shops to act > > Chris McGreal in Harare > Monday July 16, 2007 > The Guardian > > Zimbabweans are shopping like there's no tomorrow. With police > patrolling the aisles of Harare's electrical shops to enforce massive > government-ordered price cuts, the widescreen TVs were the first > things to go, for as little as £20. Across the country, shoes, > clothes, toiletries and different kinds of food were all swept from > the shelves as a nation with the world's fastest shrinking economy > gorged itself on one last spending spree. >
