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Zimbabwe: Can't Afford School fees? We'll Take Your Goats, Thanks

As the burden of crippling cash shortages increases on parents, education minister Lazarus Dokora has come up with a solution of his own that has become a mixture of disdain and ironic humor on social media.

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Zimbabweans react to goats for school fees.

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Zimbabwe goats for school fees draws laughter.

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  • Zimbabwe:   Schools Accept Goats for Tuition Fees

    Zimbabwe Independent, 21 April 2017

    Zimbabwe, currently facing its worst cash shortage since the adoption of the multi-currency regime in 2009, now has a new medium of exchange, which is too big to be added to a… Read more »

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