African nation of Zimbabwe. When Mugabe lost poll on a new constitution in 1999‚ he decided to destroy the resistance by seizing the commercial farmers who formed the financial backbone of the opposition movement. This attack on property rights of farmers wiped out Zimbabwe’s export earnings and sent there economy on a downward spiral. Land titles became worthless and could not serve as collateral. The banking sector seized up. Gideon Gono‚ the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe‚ stepped in and
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the growth and development of democratic attitudes and behaviours. The result of this is that these three streams have reinforced post-independence autocratic practices and produced the hardened strain of authoritarianism that is visible today in Zimbabwe. Thus‚ it can be concluded that authoritarianism has come on since a long time and that its resilience was openly displayed in the run-up to the presidential runoff election in 2008. (Masunungure‚ 2011:
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referred to as the “uneven development‚“ as it is argued that Robert Mugabe did not have any other option‚ than to adopt the neoliberal policies of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in an attempt to free the Zimbabwean economy (Bond 93). In 1991‚ Zimbabwe introduced what is known as the Economic Structural Adjustment (ESAP)‚ to stimulate economic growth and reduce poverty. The government would “de-emphasise its expenditure on social services and emphasise investment in the material
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TOPIC AN INQUIRY INTO THE PERPETUAL FISCAL DEFICIT IN ZIMBABWE. IS TAXATION THE SOLUTION 1.1 Background Zimbabwe‚ once a vibrant and diversified economy and hope for Africa’s future‚ was on the verge of collapse had it not been for the introduction of the multi-currency system after the formation of the inclusive government. It has had a perpetual fiscal deficit post 1990 accompanied by high inflation‚ negative economic growth‚ high unemployment and a reduction in the standard of living as
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Shingai Manhambara ASB 2104 Principles of Organization and Management Student Number :500 250 938 Introduction This assignment seeks to take an in depth look at a company named Below the Line Marketing or BTL Africa‚ it is a Zimbabwean marketing company that offers below the line marketing services to any other firms or individuals that seek to use their services. I interned at this company over the summer of 2012 during the months of May - August The organization is small and employs
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Modern Day Tyrant Robert Gabriel Mugabe Block 4 • May 11‚2009  Robert Gabriel Mugabe is Tyrant who has been in control of the people of Zimbabwe for over twenty five years and must be brought to a stop. Robert was born on February 21‚ 1924 Southern Rhodesia(modern day Zimbabwe). He had three brothers‚ the two older dying at a young age leaving only Robert‚ Donato‚ and his father. Growing up he had a very large interest in education‚ he wasn’t only interesting
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Topic：Does globalization make the poor poorer? Since the Industrial Revolution happened in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840‚ the world has gone through a quick booming and the trend of globalization is becoming more obvious in terms of the active communication and intensive trades among the countries. Nowadays‚ globalization becomes a common term that everyone know and can talk about. Hence‚ it is followed by lots of arguments because of various vision from different
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Tsokodayi The Great Zimbabwe There are many great African kingdoms in history that have been documented throughout time. Most of them we don’t know very much about unless we take an Africa history course such as this one because African history is left out of the “mainstream” history books. The Great Zimbabwe is one of the kingdoms that caught my attention in this course. Modern Zimbabwe is named after the enclosures that were made of stone known as “Great Zimbabwe”. These stone ruins were
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1. INTRODUCTION The Zimbabwean Economy went through a decade of Economic meltdown and hyperinflation which left the Zimbabwean authorities with no option but to dollarize the Economy. Dollarization started off as unofficial Dollarization until a time government decided to make it official and save the country from imminent collapse. Dollarization brought about some sanity in the economy and some relief of economic recovery to Zimbabwe as a whole. Some FDI started to trickle in but not withstanding
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The Political Economy of the media in Zimbabwe The political economy of the media in Zimbabwe is mostly centered on the hands of the government. The government has control over major media players like the public media which include print and broadcasting media. Through its control of the public media it has greatly impede freedom of expression‚ freedom of the press‚ freedom of information and freedom of opinion in the media. However‚ the government has manage to give some private players room to
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