Other Crap

Everyone in Zimbabwe is a millionaire!

• The government just issued a $100,000 note so citizens can but a loaf of bread conveniently.
• Shoppers have to carry huge wads of cash to buy the basic foodstuffs available in most shops. “Last week I filled a single trolley with 30 million dollars worth of groceries, and I had to count out 600 notes of $20,000 at the checkout counter."
• "Zimbabwe used to boast one of Africa’s most robust economies, but eight years of recession and a radical programme of land redistribution has left millions in poverty."
• Sigh. I worked in Zimbabwe around 1995, and it had its problems, but was quite a pleasant place in many ways.