What the Average Zimbabwean Faces: The Land Issue in Zimbabwe, May 2000

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The average Zimbabwean (of any colour) currently faces

1. Hyper-inflation, resulting in a spiralling cost of living
2. Shortages of essential basic commodities, eg. paraffin and medicines
3. Transport disruptions due to fuel shortages, which are crippling businesses at all levels
4. Interference with basic human rights eg. freedom of speech, right to strike, freedom of association
5. An absence of effective law enforcement
6. A chronic lack of foreign currency due to economic mismanagement
7. Destruction of personal property
8. The daily fear of violence, intimidation and death

• The Race Issue
• The Land issue
• What the average Zimbabwean currently faces