Saturday, March 17, 2007
Voices from inside Zimbabwe - BBC News
... Life for people like myself and my girlfriend, who finished university in 2004, has never been rosy. I finished my education almost three years ago and yet I cannot even afford anything, not even a small room of my own.
We would like to go to South Africa and are definitely planning to go. I am waiting for my work permit and then we'll see what happens over that side.
I want to be able to make plans for the future. Here one cannot.
Your money erodes before you. Say that today you have 10 million Zimbabwean dollars ($177 as per the current black market exchange rate) in the bank, tomorrow it will be eight million and at the end of week it will be nothing.
It is impossible to put your money in the bank - you would lose it all. As soon as you get paid you must spend it, as soon as you can, just to maximise its worth.
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[Related article: So where are Zimbabweans going?
The BBC News website has been speaking to Zimbabweans who have left the country in recent years about their reasons and the risks they took.]
... Life for people like myself and my girlfriend, who finished university in 2004, has never been rosy. I finished my education almost three years ago and yet I cannot even afford anything, not even a small room of my own.
We would like to go to South Africa and are definitely planning to go. I am waiting for my work permit and then we'll see what happens over that side.
I want to be able to make plans for the future. Here one cannot.
Your money erodes before you. Say that today you have 10 million Zimbabwean dollars ($177 as per the current black market exchange rate) in the bank, tomorrow it will be eight million and at the end of week it will be nothing.
It is impossible to put your money in the bank - you would lose it all. As soon as you get paid you must spend it, as soon as you can, just to maximise its worth.
...
[Related article: So where are Zimbabweans going?
The BBC News website has been speaking to Zimbabweans who have left the country in recent years about their reasons and the risks they took.]
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