Zimbabwe’s Troubles Deepen
(June 29th, 2005)
As the nation’s president Robert Mugabe drives people from their homes, some are heading across the border to South Africa.
Archive for June, 2005
Turmoil in Zimbabwe
(June 28th, 2005)
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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe calls his destruction of thousands — perhaps hundreds of thousands — of homes “Operation Drive Out Trash.” But he won’t allow foreign reporters in to see for themselves. Some citizens are getting out.
Eating popcorn in Cape Town
(June 23rd, 2005)
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More than a decade after the official end of apartheid, the South African economy is still deeply divided along racial lines. But there are signs of change: in the country’s movie theaters, for example.
