Monday, October 01, 2007

No More Bread

It’s a tragedy what Mugabe has done to Zimbabwe.

Reports from Zimbabwe say bakeries have run out of flour and there will be no bread in the foreseeable future.

The Agriculture Ministry has confirmed that this year’s wheat harvest yield of 145,000 tonnes is only one third of the country’s requirements.

Agriculture Minister Rugare Gumbo is quoted as blaming the shortages on the failings of what he called the “new farmers” created by the land reforms.

Last week, the government announced it would import 100,000 tonnes of wheat.

But even that would still leave Zimbabwe short of its 400,000 tonne target for this year.

(5) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2117 hrs
Foreign Affairs

  1. To think that at one time Rhodesia was the bread basket of Africa.

    Maybe being a crown colony was not so bad after all.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 01, 2007 at 2153 hrs


  2. I agree. He’s a horrible despot. Thats good, I think, that you range offshore for some of your posts.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 01, 2007 at 2212 hrs


  3. I’m getting old thinking of Ian Smith and Rhodesia that still existed when I was a kid…..

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 01, 2007 at 2301 hrs


  4. Great Zimbabwe

    The Ruins lie together stone by stone
    Atoned with mystery and grandeur.
    Their shape is inscribed in coins
    Yet the walls of stone breathed life once.
    Their velvetine brush with royalty
    Attracts admirers from all directions.
    Birds of freedom
    Were carved out of soap stone.
    Kings drank from ivory cups
    Ribboned with copper.
    The dance of maidens
    To the Mbira
    Once rose the dust.
    The house of stones birthed
    Our country’s name Zimbabwe.
    They were the fortress of utmost justice
    A shield from war.
    And insignia of sovereignty
    And at its fall it was at its greatest.

    Yvonne Mugadza, 2002

    Posted by Steve Burri on October 01, 2007 at 2314 hrs


  5. It’s not despotism and crazy reforms that ruined the harvest it’s global warming, and thus, of course, the fault of America and ultimately George Bush. wink

    Posted by Matt on October 03, 2007 at 0925 hrs


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