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[CookieMonster]

I am aware o the bitter irony of this but that Mugabe is managing to retain control, keep the police force somewhat functioning is quite an achievment. If the whole kleptocracy thing doesn't work out for him maybe he could try build our metro.

If he pulls it off he might take a crack at the civil service unions after that.

He got robbed on that hotel room rate. Last time I was there, in August, I got a week 5 star in an almost empty but gorgeous hotel for a couple of hundred euro all in for two of us.

T'was this place, looks alright for €2k/week to me.

[JCSkinner]

I'm not saying it's not nice, but for 2k hard currency, you could virtually buy Harare ffs.