Thursday, June 01, 2006
Zimbabweans go hungry
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(Fanuel Jongwe - News24.com) from Zimbabwe.
Harare - As Zimbabwe reels under a world-record inflation of 1 042.9%, many are forsaking meals and walking or cycling for scores of kilometres to work every day in a tortuous battle to survive. When the clock strikes one, John Mafose joins others filing out of factories in the Graniteside industrial area on Harare's southern fringes to a plot where workers gather during the lunch break to while away time. Mafose, 58, goes to an open area and lies on his empty belly to take a nap. "We come here to spend the lunch hour, it has become our way of life," Mafose, who works in a furniture factory, told AFP, as he rises to return to work. "We have jobs but the majority of us can no longer afford to feed the body that works. If I were to count how many workers can still afford...
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(Fanuel Jongwe - News24.com) from Zimbabwe.
Harare - As Zimbabwe reels under a world-record inflation of 1 042.9%, many are forsaking meals and walking or cycling for scores of kilometres to work every day in a tortuous battle to survive. When the clock strikes one, John Mafose joins others filing out of factories in the Graniteside industrial area on Harare's southern fringes to a plot where workers gather during the lunch break to while away time. Mafose, 58, goes to an open area and lies on his empty belly to take a nap. "We come here to spend the lunch hour, it has become our way of life," Mafose, who works in a furniture factory, told AFP, as he rises to return to work. "We have jobs but the majority of us can no longer afford to feed the body that works. If I were to count how many workers can still afford...
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