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Background: The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the South Africa Company in 1923. A 1961 constitution was formulated that favored whites in power. In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded more complete voting rights for the black African majority in the country (then called Rhodesia). UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprising finally led to free elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980. Robert MUGABE, the nation's first prime minister, has been the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) and has dominated the country's political system since independence. His chaotic land redistribution campaign begun in 2000 caused an exodus of white farmers, crippled the economy, and ushered in widespread shortages of basic commodities. Ignoring international condemnation, MUGABE rigged the 2002 presidential election to ensure his reelection. Opposition and labor groups launched general strikes in 2003 to pressure MUGABE to retire early; security forces continued their brutal repression of regime opponents.




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By oftat
October 26th 2008
Harare - Day 12 Africa » Zimbabwe » Harare
We were “discovered” at breakfast when a cheerful local man turned up with his 2 dogs and armed with a catapult. He hunted regularly thus equipped and told us that he then traded the rabbits he killed for maize flour. Nobody had any money. He looked fit and well himself and was delighted to chat with us as we packed up to go. Our first encounter with a Zimbabwean. We then set off to drive the hundred and more miles to Harare . The road was excellent, hardly any traffic - although it was Sunday. We passed through progressively more developed [View Full Entry]

oftat - Harveys & Huntingfords | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 6th 2008 | 108 Views | [diary=342363]


By Eryn
October 26th 2008
Zimbabwe! Part 1... Africa » Zimbabwe
We're back from Zimbabwe safe and sound! Basically it was amazing! Amazing! Spectacular, crazy, fun, and amazing! Okay so let's see how long it takes to tell you all about it... So we were supposed to leave at 5:30 so that we could be at the border at 6 when it opened. We got our first glimpse of the rest of the trip by leaving late. Then it took a couple hours at the border because for some reason it takes forever to get the truck through. We were in a big truck with open sides/windows. It looked like a regular [View Full Entry]

Eryn - Eryn Eby | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 26th 2008 | 175 Views | [diary=338583]

Rhino Walk
Elephant Training Session
Lion Walk!

Hello all currently writing from Zimbabwe that country that you are not advised to go through, I will explain why. Anyway last time i spoke i had just done the skydive in Swakopmund in Namibia since then I went to Etosha national park which was amazing within 15mins of gettin in the park, at the first water hole we saw Elephant, Zebra, Antelope and warthog and there were so many on the horizon aswell. We camped in the middle of the park which was really cool you could here hyenas and lions and all other animals at nite when your havin [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 29th 2008 | 169 Views | [diary=328964]


“The political, social, economic, and security situations in Zimbabwe are volatile and could deteriorate quickly without warning." -U.S Department of State website "Where you're going is the only place in the world where the geese chase you." -Ian Malcom, The Lost World: Jurassic Park Finally I reached the third and last crusade of my Indiana Jones-saga spring break adventure. The day after rafting, we woke up early and crossed into Zimbabwe from Zambia and entered that infamous country, the same country that once upon a time had one of the strongest economies in Africa, and had [View Full Entry]

KyleKGillis - Kyle Gillis | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 21st 2008 | 366 Views | [diary=325857]

Hakuna Matata
Walking on the wild side
Vic Falls with rainbow

From Zanzibar to Zambezi...not that easy to connect. I took three flights, Zanzibar-Dar Es Salaam-Johburg-Livingstone. All this with a night over in Johburg, my first short stop in the city. Landed in Zambia in Livingstone, ready for the short drive to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, across the famous "old" bridge. For your info, the Falls are 3/4 in Zimbabwe and only 1/4 in Zambia, with the best views by far on the Zimbabwe side. So now the question...with the current situation in Zimbabwe, should we avoid or not the country. My answer is simple, people here tell you to come. [View Full Entry]

PA Leslie - Pierre-Alexandre | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 14th 2008 | 695 Views | [diary=312214]

Some dream their live, I live my dreams....
just to give you an idea of white water rafting on the Zambezi....
Victoria Falls hotel

I am writing from the sky. We are flying from the Kasane Airport in Botswana to the Baines' Camp landing strip in the bush. Appropriately, we're flying on a bush plane. The plane seats twelve passengers, a pilot, and a co-pilot; right now there are nine people on board including our solo pilot. We're stopping twice before we arrive at Baines' to pick up and drop off other passengers. We spent the last two nights at the Stanley & Livingstone hotel at Victoria Falls, in Zimbabwe. The hotel was beautiful. It's a few miles outside the small town that's populated mostly [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 11th 2008 | 29 Views | [diary=310986]


This afternoon around 12:30pm we arrived at the Zimbabwe Airport. When we left Johannesburg this morning we were advised to hurry off the plane upon arrival, because Zimbabwe Immigration writes all tourist visas by hand. We did hurry, and we were third in line. Thank God. It took twenty minutes to process the six of us. I can't imagine how long it took for those passengers who didn't get the memo and took their time getting from the plane to Immigration. We flew from Seattle to New York to Dakar to Joberg--a 24 hour trip that left me completely exhausted and [View Full Entry]

ehenke - Emily Henke | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 8th 2008 | 48 Views | [diary=309766]


Well, we flew into Joburg, and were already late for our connecting flight. Then, we lost our luggage. I know, great. Anyways, luckily, we had someone who met us at the airport and reasoned with the people at the check in counter to let us through all the lines. I can't say that it was bad! We took a tiny little plane to Victoria Falls. It was awe-inspiring to look out the window of the plane and see herds of elephants, giraffes, and zebras (pronounced zeh-bras. we took a little flack for this :)) Victoria Falls is amazing. The falls [View Full Entry]

LindseyHearts - Lindsey K | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 1st 2008 | 50 Views | [diary=306909]


Well it's been a while since my last post. We've been deep in what we call "the real Africa" where there isn't even electricity, much less internet access. All of my tourmates and I have agreed that this is what we expected out of Africa. After Windhoek we stayed at an amazing campsite just inside Botswana. We played volleyball for hours and partied with a few other tours. We then went to the Okovango Delta and it was amazing. We froze to death during a 2 hour ride on the back of a truck. It was cool though as we saw [View Full Entry]

JJfromNJ - Justin | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 18th 2008 | 232 Views | [diary=301458]


After Chobe, some of us crossed into Zimbabwe to experience a lion walk. This was incredible. The African Lion Environmental Research Trust raises lions from cubs, teaches them how to hunt, and then releases them into a large area (10,000 acres) where these lions will form prides and raise their own cubs. These new cubs, who do not see or come into contact with humans, will then be relocated in areas in Africa. Why are they doing this? In the last 20 years 80 percent of Africa's lions have disappeared. And the situation is just getting worse. As part of raising [View Full Entry]

mrayner - Michael Rayner | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 27th 2008 | 350 Views | [diary=292291]

Walking with Lena
With Lena and her big stick
Lions at Play