Hitchhiker's guide to Mugabe's Zimbabwe

This is an interesting and thought provoking article looking at the state of Zimbabwe and how it is completely failing it's people.

It is worth remembering that literally one generation ago, this country was the bread basket of Africa. Today life expectancy at birth in Zimbabwe has declined from 60 to 37 since 1990, while the infant mortality rate has climbed from 53 to 81 deaths per 1,000 live births in the same period. 5.5 million Zimbabweans currently live with the HIV virus.

Rhodesia may not have been a paradise on earth for the majority of the people but what Mugabe has done to this country is beyond belief.

I'll highlight one paragraph from the article that show the pure stupidity of what is going on in Zimbabwe.

At night Harare exists in a confusing half-light. Many of the "robots", or traffic lights, have stopped working. The bulbs and aluminium parts, like the streetlights, have been looted and sold for scrap. The confusion is added to by the closure of the main avenue leading north out of the city. From 6pm until 6am, it is sealed off to stop traffic from disturbing the presidential residence.

Hitchhiker's guide to a failing state