Zimbabaloola in Zimbabwe

Letter from Harare

on April 22, 2008 11:00 PM | 3

So many people have written to send us their best wishes and to let us know that we are in their thoughts at this time, that I have decided to write a short analysis of the situation here, almost three......more

Zimbabwe inflation part two

on February 14, 2008 9:53 PM | 2

Hmm. well, seems my clever bit of maths was wrong. The government announced today that inflation is actually over 66000 percent. Good work, lads.......more

Inflation

on February 11, 2008 3:54 PM | 1

Everybody seems to have a different figure for inflation in Zimbabwe. The most commonly used is 24000 percent, though occasionally one still sees the government figure of 8000 percent. That's year ON year, of course. I've used the inflation calculator......more

The options as Zimbabwe heads to the polls

on February 11, 2008 11:28 AM | 0

Everyone is talking about Simba Makoni. It's a measure of how sclerotic Zimbabwean politics has become that this 57 year is considered a youthful challenger. But then our president is 84, and most of his closest colleagues are in their......more