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In "Opinion"
July 27, 2019
Guests of Allah: We are all at your service
SEXTILLION (that is 20 zeroes) is not a number encountered frequently. But ten years ago, for 16 million Zimbabweans, sextillions, in fact almost 90 sextillions was the rate of runaway hyperinflation that destroyed the local currency along with the lives of any who were not within the magic circle of the despotic ruler, Robert Mugabe.The short-term fix, which gave Mugabe a few more years in plundering power, was to adopt the US dollar. Almost overnight, a measure of stability returned with all-important confidence in the value of money and a steadying in the price of goods and services. Unfortunately for ordinary Zimbabweans, despite yet more promises from the flawed dictator, who kept suitcases stuffed with millions in foreign currency concealed around his various luxurious homes, there...
July 26, 2019
Zimbabwe — tragedy waiting to reoccur
July 24, 2019
Britain’s ebullient new premier
July 24, 2019
A farewell letter from an expat
July 24, 2019
China’s NASDAQ in vertical take-off
July 23, 2019
Will Erdogan betray the Syrians in Turkey?
July 23, 2019
Turkey: Zeroing out solutions
July 23, 2019
Iran seeks to humiliate the British
July 22, 2019
Terrorism and climate change!
July 21, 2019
Iran’s hostile attitude: Have you got the message?
