Amid heightened tension, an all pervading crisis is afflicting Zimbabwe. The economy is close to collapse, the standard of living has plummeted, and the political scene is marred by recent violence. To hear Western leaders tell it, it is Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe who has brought this state of affairs upon his nation through economic mismanagement and repression, and what would have been an otherwise prosperous country is instead on the edge of ruin. The U.S. and Great Britain trade barbs with Zimbabwe, and relations are perhaps at their lowest point, with pressure mounting in the U.S. and Great Britain for harsher measures.
Battle over Zimbabwe?s Future
Amid heightened tension, an all pervading crisis is afflicting Zimbabwe. The economy is close to collapse, the standard of living has plummeted, and the political scene is marred by recent violence. To hear Western leaders tell it, it is Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe who has brought this state of affairs upon his nation through economic mismanagement and repression, and what would have been an otherwise prosperous country is instead on the edge of ruin. The U.S. and Great Britain trade barbs with Zimbabwe, and relations are perhaps at their lowest point, with pressure mounting in the U.S. and Great Britain for harsher measures.
Deesdae is daar baie kommentaar en selfs bekommerde uitsprake oor die gevolge van klimaatsverandering in die moderne wêreld. Klimaatsverandering is sekerlik ’n baie belangrike onderwerp, maar daar is ’n olifant waaroor niemand, behalwe miskien ’n klompie geoloë en ander deskundiges, juis praat nie. Hoe groot is die olifant? So groot dat dit die basiese aannames oor ons ekonomie, voedselverskaffing, en veral oor ons tegnologie, totaal kan vernietig.
