Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Zimbabwe

Once again, another African country shows up the true divide between the haves and the have nots.

In Zimbabwe, central bank chief Gideon Gono is willing to point the finger at those who are hoarding money in a country that are government officials. This hoarding of cash has caused major lines at banks for people who are waiting to withdraw small sums of money in order to live.

Zimbabwe's inflation rate was postulated to reach more than 100,000 percent in a July 31 article on cnn.com (http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/31/zimbabwe.prices.reut/index.html)

How can a government official, who knows about the sting of inflation affecting their country, hoard cash while millions starve?

Simply because they can.....

While the millions and millions of their own countrymen die, they are more worried about making sure they have large amounts of cash for their own use.

It's About Africa......