Mail & Guardian Online: "Bare supermarket shelves, bank queues and burst riverbanks -- for many Zimbabweans a bad year ended in a bad way.
At least 27 Zimbabweans died in floods this month while thousands have spent precious holiday days in bank queues, waiting for scarce cash.
The government of long-time leader President Robert Mugabe this week tried to put a positive gloss on 2007, calling it the Year of Tourism following an estimated 55% surge in desperately needed foreign tourists."
At least 27 Zimbabweans died in floods this month while thousands have spent precious holiday days in bank queues, waiting for scarce cash.
The government of long-time leader President Robert Mugabe this week tried to put a positive gloss on 2007, calling it the Year of Tourism following an estimated 55% surge in desperately needed foreign tourists."