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Now in Harare and planning a field trip down south to the border area with South Africa next week for about 5 days.
Quite a change though noticeable here in Harare from my last visit 2 years ago. With the dollarisation of the economy inflation is gone, prices have normalised and the shops are well stocked. However in the rural areas where USD or the SA Rand (now both official currencies) are in short supply, people have reverted to a barter economy to survive.
The environment then seems considerably relaxed compared to my last visit. Still huge numbers of people out of work, still dark mutterings but also a degree of hope that maybe the worst has past.
Anyway I will see the realities in the countryside next week and let you know how it looks. They had a good harvest last year so the worst of the hunger has past and it is raining hard now, so maybe this year will be OK too.Cynical bugger Lee! Very relieved (coming from the NGO side) that things are improving here. No way they are back to ‘normal’ yet whatever that is but at least there is a reliable currency (or two) in circulation, food in the shops and decent rains.
As the Holy Man on the cross (Eric Idle) said “Always look on the bright side of life”@jamesintheworld wrote:
Sweet, try one of those Liquor in a Ketchup Pack thingy’s and tell me how it is
~James
Nasty stuff. Even I wont go back there.
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