Comments on: Mapping Terror in Zimbabwe http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1063 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:47:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ayokunnu http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1063#comment-271586 Ayokunnu Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:59:50 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1063#comment-271586 Your blog paints a devastating picture of Zimbabwe that the sanitized media of the U.S. is unwilling to present. Keep witnessing for the downtrodden! In solidarity, Ayokunnu<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('271586','Ayokunnu'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('271586','Ayokunnu','Your blog paints a devastating picture of Zimbabwe that the sanitized media of the U.S. is unwilling to present. Keep witnessing for the downtrodden!\r\n\r\nIn solidarity,\r\n\r\nAyokunnu'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Your blog paints a devastating picture of Zimbabwe that the sanitized media of the U.S. is unwilling to present. Keep witnessing for the downtrodden!

In solidarity,

Ayokunnu

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]]> By: John http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1063#comment-251763 John Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:59:26 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1063#comment-251763 How does the Mugabe government finance its terror? Who does it do business with in order to continue its campaign? Contracts with mining companies (e.g. Anglo American, et al) oil companies, other global businesses?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('251763','John'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('251763','John','How does the Mugabe government finance its terror? Who does it do business with in order to continue its campaign? Contracts with mining companies (e.g. Anglo American, et al) oil companies, other global businesses?'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> How does the Mugabe government finance its terror? Who does it do business with in order to continue its campaign? Contracts with mining companies (e.g. Anglo American, et al) oil companies, other global businesses?
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]]> By: Sanpadjud http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1063#comment-246797 Sanpadjud Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:05:54 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1063#comment-246797 I`m a blogger from Cape Verde and I will spread the word in my blog but what can I do to help?? You right: Enough is Enough<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('246797','Sanpadjud'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('246797','Sanpadjud','I`m a blogger from Cape Verde and I will spread the word in my blog but what can I do to help?? \r\nYou right: Enough is Enough'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> I`m a blogger from Cape Verde and I will spread the word in my blog but what can I do to help??
You right: Enough is Enough
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]]> By: Stewart Paterson http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1063#comment-244828 Stewart Paterson Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:25:40 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1063#comment-244828 2 days later and the currency converter at XE.com gives 1 US Dollar worth 6,718,055,555.56 So it's losing about 1 billion a day.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('244828','Stewart Paterson'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('244828','Stewart Paterson','2 days later and the currency converter at XE.com gives 1 US Dollar worth 6,718,055,555.56 \r\nSo it\'s losing about 1 billion a day.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> 2 days later and the currency converter at XE.com gives 1 US Dollar worth 6,718,055,555.56
So it’s losing about 1 billion a day.
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]]> By: Tete http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1063#comment-244518 Tete Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:20:05 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1063#comment-244518 The map has been very very useful in our stop violence campaign. do you have a breakddown of violence against women and children, rape, sexual violence etc. The UN Security Council is about to pass a resolution on sexual violence in armed conflict and crisis. Zimbabwe was referenced severally during the debates.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('244518','Tete'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('244518','Tete','The map has been very very useful in our stop violence campaign. do you have a breakddown of violence against women and children, rape, sexual violence etc. The UN Security Council is about to pass a resolution on sexual violence in armed conflict and crisis. Zimbabwe was referenced severally during the debates.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> The map has been very very useful in our stop violence campaign. do you have a breakddown of violence against women and children, rape, sexual violence etc. The UN Security Council is about to pass a resolution on sexual violence in armed conflict and crisis. Zimbabwe was referenced severally during the debates.
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]]> By: Sally D http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1063#comment-243820 Sally D Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:54:05 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1063#comment-243820 Maybe there was a trade off: I'll let the NGO's back in if I get to ban local observers from polling stations. And then, if I win, I can always kick the NGO's out again. If you sup with the devil, and all that.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('243820','Sally D'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('243820','Sally D','Maybe there was a trade off: I\'ll let the NGO\'s back in if I get to ban local observers from polling stations. \r\n\r\nAnd then, if I win, I can always kick the NGO\'s out again. \r\n\r\nIf you sup with the devil, and all that.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Maybe there was a trade off: I’ll let the NGO’s back in if I get to ban local observers from polling stations.

And then, if I win, I can always kick the NGO’s out again.

If you sup with the devil, and all that.

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]]> By: Faraway http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1063#comment-243688 Faraway Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:43:51 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1063#comment-243688 Just heard on our local SBS news that NGO's have been allowed back in and Mbeki is on his way to see Mugabe again, hopefully to give him a good spanking this time. Maybe the UN rep has been doing some good.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('243688','Faraway'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('243688','Faraway','Just heard on our local SBS news that NGO\'s have been allowed back in and Mbeki is on his way to see Mugabe again, hopefully to give him a good spanking this time. Maybe the UN rep has been doing some good.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Just heard on our local SBS news that NGO’s have been allowed back in and Mbeki is on his way to see Mugabe again, hopefully to give him a good spanking this time. Maybe the UN rep has been doing some good.
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]]> By: BM http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1063#comment-243618 BM Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:08:32 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1063#comment-243618 Thank you for this outstanding work... are the observers getting it?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('243618','BM'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('243618','BM','Thank you for this outstanding work... are the observers getting it?'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Thank you for this outstanding work… are the observers getting it?
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]]> By: Finance Wizard http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1063#comment-243588 Finance Wizard Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:26:47 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1063#comment-243588 My apologies for barging in like this, but I get sick and tired of reading "inflation at 2,000,000%!" The truth is different. Over the past few days it has been at about 10% PER DAY. To get the annual inflation rate, you must take 1.1 (one plus ten percent) to the power 365, the days in a year. Here is the result: 1,283,305,580,300% Check the worth(lessness) of the Zim dollar here: http://www.xe.com/ucc/full/ It was standing at 5 billion to the US dollar as I wrote this. Oh, all right, Z$4,952,500,000.00 if you do want to be picky about it. (I do like the figure being right down to cents :-)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('243588','Finance Wizard'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('243588','Finance Wizard','My apologies for barging in like this, but I get sick and tired of reading \"inflation at 2,000,000%!\"\r\n\r\nThe truth is different. Over the past few days it has been at about 10% PER DAY.\r\n\r\nTo get the annual inflation rate, you must take 1.1 (one plus ten percent) to the power 365, the days in a year. Here is the result:\r\n\r\n1,283,305,580,300%\r\n\r\nCheck the worth(lessness) of the Zim dollar here:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.xe.com\/ucc\/full\/\r\n\r\nIt was standing at 5 billion to the US dollar as I wrote this.\r\n\r\nOh, all right, Z$4,952,500,000.00 if you do want to be picky about it. (I do like the figure being right down to cents :-)'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> My apologies for barging in like this, but I get sick and tired of reading “inflation at 2,000,000%!”

The truth is different. Over the past few days it has been at about 10% PER DAY.

To get the annual inflation rate, you must take 1.1 (one plus ten percent) to the power 365, the days in a year. Here is the result:

1,283,305,580,300%

Check the worth(lessness) of the Zim dollar here:
http://www.xe.com/ucc/full/

It was standing at 5 billion to the US dollar as I wrote this.

Oh, all right, Z$4,952,500,000.00 if you do want to be picky about it. (I do like the figure being right down to cents :-)

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]]> By: Lisa http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1063#comment-243393 Lisa Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:26:16 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1063#comment-243393 Thank you for such a comprehensive illustration of the terror. Your efforts are so appreciated, and we'll do our best to circulate the information.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('243393','Lisa'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('243393','Lisa','Thank you for such a comprehensive illustration of the terror. Your efforts are so appreciated, and we\'ll do our best to circulate the information.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Thank you for such a comprehensive illustration of the terror. Your efforts are so appreciated, and we’ll do our best to circulate the information.
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