Date: August 15th, 2005

Zimbabwe: opportunity, means, and motive

15 August, 2005 (12:10) | Uncategorized |

An Economist article from some weeks back highlights why Robert Mugabe seems bent on destroying his own cities:
 
 
Just rubbish to Mugabe (Economist caption)
 
But the real reason for this mass destruction may be to drive people back to rural areas. The government’s land redistribution policy, which led to the invasion of the country’s white-owned farms in […]