Escape From Zimbabwe
Many will simply try again. Since 1998, when Mugabe made unbudgeted payouts to party militants and sent the economy into a death spiral, his countrymen have been fleeing en masse. And since the flawed presidential election this past March, the exodus has only intensified. Contrary to conventional wisdom, most of the people leaving are not the white “racist” ex-Rhodesians that the state propaganda machine decries. Rather, they are educated, middle-income Zimbabweans, the cream of the country’s work force....