Zim inflation sparks exodus of foreign students

KABWE: As one of the few Zambian children whose parents were working in Botswana but sent us to some of the best schools in Zimbabwe, I find the collapsed economy and political stalemate there very distressing.

It makes former students in Zimbabwe weep because they were forced to abandon their studies because of rocketing inflation.
When I think of Zimbabwe, as most visitors do, the first thing that comes to mind is the Victoria Falls.

The falls are an eye-opener to what else lies inside the borders of that beautiful Southern African nation. Filled with many wonderful tourist sites and mineral deposits of rare metals such as gold and platinum, it sounds almost too good to be true.
With a strong currency and booming economy, owing much to the then very strong mining and tourism industries, Zimbabwe was the place to be in its glory days.

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