Zimbabwe: De-Industrialisation - Country's Economic Crisis Demystified

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The growing disturbing scenes in the capital Harare's central business district and in other urban centres elsewhere across the country where millions of unemployed men and women of all ages who have not had the chance to escape the borders have set stalls on pavements, car parks selling food, clothing, mobile phone accessories, domestic appliances and even goats is a clear sign of the scale of de-industrialisation in Zimbabwe which needs critical examination.

When a shock you predicted happens, it is still a shock. The Zimbabwean economy was expected to struggle, but the intensity of the ongoing de-industrialisation process is a shock to the system.

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