Bigthumb 10 #1 Posted June 2, 2009 (edited) Give Mugabe credit where it is due. Zimbabwe has more billionaires than any other country on the planet. Sadly you need to be a billionaire to afford a grain of rice. In January 5 trillion Zimbabwean Dollars were worth £1. Today it will probably be worth less than 1 penny. Edited June 2, 2009 by Bigthumb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Eddie_shef 10 #2 Posted June 2, 2009 and he's made it a very low cost holiday option to --the man is a genius Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
teeny 10 #3 Posted June 9, 2009 the serious side of this is that many poor cannot afford food! when I was there Zimbawean dollars were being turned away , shop keepers want either rands or US dollars. they also don't eat rice as its to expensive they eat meilie which is like paper paste but it does sustain them , if they can get it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
marve 10 #4 Posted June 9, 2009 Of course Mugabe will no doubt have millions of pounds stashed away in some foreign banks. Typical dictator. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
barpen 10 #5 Posted June 10, 2009 Of course Mugabe will no doubt have millions of pounds stashed away in some foreign banks. Typical dictator. The word that you are searching for is billions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
stc88 10 #6 Posted June 10, 2009 Give Mugabe credit where it is due. Zimbabwe has more billionaires than any other country on the planet. Sadly you need to be a billionaire to afford a grain of rice. In January 5 trillion Zimbabwean Dollars were worth £1. Today it will probably be worth less than 1 penny. just been to aldi and bought a pallet of rice going to trade it for gold in zimbabwea.....nice little earner...may be able to buy newcastle united now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
teeny 10 #7 Posted June 16, 2009 you can buy a kilo of rice better than the aldi stuff for 50p in botswanna! which is where most Zimbabweans do their shopping now and South Africa , that is those who can afford the food Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
stc88 10 #8 Posted June 16, 2009 you can buy a kilo of rice better than the aldi stuff for 50p in botswanna! which is where most Zimbabweans do their shopping now and South Africa , that is those who can afford the food well what's the fuss about then,plenty of rice at a good price...that's a lot cheaper than tesco and asda....wonder if you can get some on e-bay.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mj.scuba 10 #9 Posted June 16, 2009 Must be a pain having to take a HGV full of cash to get a loaf. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
teeny 10 #10 Posted June 16, 2009 Must be a pain having to take a HGV full of cash to get a loaf. Its not that bad now people are using rands and us dollars !!!!! the Zim dollar is now defunked and worthless, people get paid in us dollars around $20 a month for goverment workers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
stc88 10 #11 Posted June 16, 2009 Its not that bad now people are using rands and us dollars !!!!! the Zim dollar is now defunked and worthless, people get paid in us dollars around $20 a month for goverment workers. as much as that....what about those on the dole how much do they get.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
teeny 10 #12 Posted June 16, 2009 as much as that....what about those on the dole how much do they get.... there is no unemployment benifit!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...