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Inside a Failed State - Zimbabwe

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October 2007 Zimbabwe, once one of the most prosperous nations in Africa, now has the lowest life expectancy and highest inflation rate in the world. Life has become an everyday struggle for survival. The supermarkets in Bulawayo are all empty. According to the shopkeeper, the last time they had bread was "a month ago". Filming secretly undercover, journalist Ginny Stein captures the desperation everywhere. "There is no water. Nothing, just nothing", laments 'Tony'. "Children are hungry, everyone is hungry. Our government is a monster". Even if there were things in the shops, most people couldn't afford them. A teacher's monthly salary now buys the equivalent of one MacDonald's family meal. Malnutrition is taking its toll on people's health. "Up to 75% of the people coming in have diarrhea and vomiting", states Dr Thandazani. The fear is that these problems will only get worse. In July, the government forced businesses to half their prices. Now it's proposing to nationalize 51% of all white-owned businesses. "The economy must be in the hands of Zimbabweans", states Ambassador Khaya Moyo. But unsurprisingly, manufacturers and retailers feel they're being made new enemies of the state. Produced by SBS/Dateline Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: journeymanpictures

Length: 25:01
Rating: 4.8059072
Views: 174642

Tags: Journeyman  Pictures  Zimbabwe  transport  Robert  Mugabe  ruined  nation  inflation  food  distress  survival  charity  news  documentary  current affairs  journeyman pictures  

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maxxbad17 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
thanks to journeymanpictures putting free documentaries on the web so i can educate myself
hurricaneivan117 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Great video! Very eye opening. Now if you could buy a camera and stop using a corn cob to film it would be even better!
EmeraldTriangle80 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
ALL PEOPLE WHO ARGUE ON THIS SITE ARE GIANT WHINERS!!! GROW A PAIR AND STFU
sass225 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I hope Tony wasn't killed for being honest about the state of poverty there. Rhodesian farmers once produced enough food to be able to export food. there were alot of backs that became unemployed as result of destroying the working farms and killing or forcing to flee thouse with the knoweledge to grow food
TheCharacterActor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@chica476 This is NOT Communism.
chica476 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The Miracles of Communism.
ma049 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Mugabe was not the best President? Yeah sure, in the same way that 911 2001 was not the best day to visit the World Trade Center. Mugabe is murderous venal corrupt monster. Destroying zim agriculture was not the only option open to him.
ma049 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@Wingatewasright Look at you feeling all good about yourself because you call black l people savages again.  I bet you would love to do the same thing in real life, wouldn't you?  I guess unless the UK has remarkable and unfortunate social change you will just have to indulge your urges anonymously over the net.
Wingatewasright (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@MenengaiCrater 5% owned the best land and now 45% suffer from malnutrituion and 94% are unemployeyed... Yep, land redistribution has really worked.


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