Zimbabwe

Harare, Zimbabwe

Posted by AlanPerlman on Apr 4, 2011 in Africa, Blog, Experiences, Minute Tours, Places, Video, Zimbabwe | 0 comments

The largest city and capital of Zimbabwe, once Africa’s breadbasket. In August 2010, I traveled to southern Africa for a cost-of-living study. Over a five week stretch, I went to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Angola. Harare was one of my more interesting locations. The last time my company sent a surveyor to capture data was in 2008. Supermarket shelves were empty. The economy was in shambles. Unofficial figures put annual inflation at 516 quintillion per cent and prices were doubling every 1.3 days. A Z$100 trillion banknote was printed just before the country abandoned their...