Backwards Step
1980 |
2006 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Name | Rhodesia |
Zimbabwe |
| Capital | Salisbury |
Capital Harare |
| Government | Minority rule under Prime Minister:Smith |
Nationalist Zanu-PF party under President Mugabe |
| Cost of loaf of bread | Z$0.20 |
Z$90,000 |
| Land | 4,500 white farmers:own 70 per cent of fertile land |
Farms seized from white ownership |
| Adult literacy | 70 per cent: |
91 per cent |
| Life expectancy | 58 |
37 |
| GDP per capita (real terms) | US$3,377 |
US$2,100 |
| WELL DONE PRESIDENT MUGABE | ||
Statistics from an article by Jan Raath in Harare - THE TIMES Tuesday April 18th 2006