Comments on: Zimbabwe - Africa’s paradise? http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/733 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:59:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kalulu http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/733#comment-131991 Kalulu Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:08:37 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/733#comment-131991 In 1980, when Mugabe came to power, Rhodesia had a GDP per capita that was comparable to that of Malaysia. Today, Malaysia is hailed around the world as one of East Asia’s great economic success stories, and is a newly industrialized country that manufactures goods of all sorts. Yet, in 1980, Rhodesia had economic policies that were more business-friendly than those of Malaysia, and a civil service that was far more honest and efficient than Malaysia’s. Both nations are former British colonies, and have a public service modeled on that of Britain. And yet we find the Zimbabwe of today to be nothing more than a mess, an economic shambles, a tinpot 3rd world disaster, a lost opportunity thanks to this Mr Robert Gabriel Mugabe esq. This could have been the paradise of Africa....<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('131991','Kalulu'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('131991','Kalulu','In 1980, when Mugabe came to power, Rhodesia had a GDP per capita that was comparable to that of Malaysia. Today, Malaysia is hailed around the world as one of East Asia’s great economic success stories, and is a newly industrialized country that manufactures goods of all sorts. Yet, in 1980, Rhodesia had economic policies that were more business-friendly than those of Malaysia, and a civil service that was far more honest and efficient than Malaysia’s. Both nations are former British colonies, and have a public service modeled on that of Britain.\r\nAnd yet we find the Zimbabwe of today to be nothing more than a mess, an economic shambles, a tinpot 3rd world disaster, a lost opportunity thanks to this Mr Robert Gabriel Mugabe esq. This could have been the paradise of Africa....'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> In 1980, when Mugabe came to power, Rhodesia had a GDP per capita that was comparable to that of Malaysia. Today, Malaysia is hailed around the world as one of East Asia’s great economic success stories, and is a newly industrialized country that manufactures goods of all sorts. Yet, in 1980, Rhodesia had economic policies that were more business-friendly than those of Malaysia, and a civil service that was far more honest and efficient than Malaysia’s. Both nations are former British colonies, and have a public service modeled on that of Britain.
And yet we find the Zimbabwe of today to be nothing more than a mess, an economic shambles, a tinpot 3rd world disaster, a lost opportunity thanks to this Mr Robert Gabriel Mugabe esq. This could have been the paradise of Africa….
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