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| Zimbabwe wants to draw back tourists |
| 2009-03-26 |
| Zimbabwe's coalition government is pledging to end political violence and turmoil to attract tourists back to its world-renowned nature reserves and resorts. Several years of political and economic uncertainty has seen revenue from tourism drop sharply. Most Western nations warned citizensto avoid traveling to Zimbabwe last year after disputed national elections. Last month President Robert Mugabe formed a unity government with longtime rival Morgan Tsvangirai. The government has appealed for $5 billion in international aid to revive the shattered economy. Speaking at a tourism conference Wednesday, Vice President Joyce Mujuru said leaders need to "condemn" violence and not "contribute to the negative perceptios" of the country abroad. |
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| #10 RF, I have a friend whose niece is a college student spending the semester in a village in Botswana. I really would appreciate any jungle telegraph postings you get. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-03-26 21:03 |
| #9 They can attract visiting Americans who want to see what the future will look like. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-03-26 19:09 |
| #8 It just keeps getting better eh RF? Glad you're over here with us now mate. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-26 16:27 |
| #7 No worries, Besoeker, this from the same site, Rhodesians Worldwide Bush Telegraph. Excuse the spellings, it is the original. botawana border hijackings -- dawie, Fri, 20 Mar 2009, 7:59:04 hi all , there has been a lot of reports on high jackings along the lonely borders of south africa and botswana.tuesday i had the pleasure of. went to the border from joberg and had to return to zeerust as the paper work i had was wrong this was early evening 20km from the border. a police car a venture loaded with eight young men is track suits of all waved us down i was with a fellow worker and said to him foot is china. we had a power bakkie 3000 double turbo lucky. they gave chase one must realise there is no traffic there. we let them get level with us and they were shouting and screaming for us to pull over waving guns etc. my mate kept his cool i indicated for them to pass and stop so we would stop behind them one at the back had a nine mm on me. stupid arces pulled in front it was wet he hit the mud nearly rolled the car and spun my mate dropped a gear and away we went. they gave chase but my trust 4x4 was to power for them. went into the zeerust police station who told us they could not catch these guy who stole there police car and were hijacking robbing etc at will. well they were all about twenty policeman in the station eating kfc welcome to botswana. this is the second hijacking my company has had in two months on the bots border a warning to the world.world cup soccervisters should enjoy this after a vist to botswana between games they can stop and have a quite picnic on the side of the road after crossing the border into south africa. this is true.company now will only fly to bots klaar Not encouraging in any way whatsoever. |
| Posted by: rhodesiafever 2009-03-26 15:24 |
| #6 Dankie vir die nuus RF. Gelukkig jy terug ok makker. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-26 14:18 |
| #5 the currency is now outside government control When can we have that here in the USA? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2009-03-26 14:04 |
| #4 Yes, Mitch, that is a T-shirt to send to your friends! (Apparently, Tiger Woods wanted to set up some Golfing resort in the lekker environs of Lake Kariba, a la Sun City, but too much graft from Zanu has put the mokkers on that one. Will trace the source on that one if anyone wants it). I have read in the last day or so this, though I am not in a hurry to check it out: My holiday -- london mike, Mon, 23 Mar 2009, 6:29:49 Pete, having just got back from Zim a matter of hours ago, I can understand why people there still love the place and others want to go back. My position on this has softened a little. Here's what I wrote on "the other side": Wot I did on my holiday. Just got back from Zim a few hours ago after 10 day stint at the ancestral kia in Greendale, HRE after about four years. Amazing weather insofar as it pissed rain virtually the whole time, meaning I only managed to squeeze in two rounds at Royal Harare. Despite the best efforts of the caddie Leonard, my best score was 99. Loved every second nonetheless. Since my last visit, Harare has become *very* tatty. Hardly any street lighting, few traffic lights working, potholes everywhere and six foot grass untended on virtually all the verges. The pothole and traffic light situation means that everyone drives extremely gingerly and I reckon Harare is a safer place to drive around than previously. Potholes are definitely the most effective traffic calming method I've come across. I had heard stories that all the streetsigns etc. had been pilfered. Not true, they're all still there, just old, faded and peeling, that's all. There are no Zim dollars left, as you probably know. Everything is USD or "usas" as the locals say. Upshot is that cost of living is rather high for the residents, but on the plus side the shops are stocked, the currency is now outside government control and people (ie my buddies) are pretty upbeat about business for the moment. As a tourist from the UK, beer, biltong, smokes, petrol and golf (the important stuff) are all cheap. As ever, the people of Zim - whites and all the muntus on the street, in bars, shops etc etc are extremely accomodating, friendly and helpful. I found it very uplifting given what they all have to put up with. |
| Posted by: rhodesiafever 2009-03-26 13:57 |
| #3 Come for the hyperinflation, stay for the cholera epidemic! |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-03-26 12:54 |
| #2 How about just condemning Joyce Mujuru and the rest of the Zanu-PF Nazis? That would be a positive step for the country. |
| Posted by: rhodesiafever 2009-03-26 10:03 |
| #1 Vice President Joyce Mujuru said leaders need to "condemn" violence and not "contribute to the negative perceptios" of the country abroad. Mujuru also urged citizens not to die of cholera as the death toll was "giving the country a poor reputation". |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-03-26 02:01 |