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Why does Zimbabwe have a record of high unemployment rate and lowest inflation rate in southern Africa?
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∙ 11y ago
Zimbabwe has a high unemployment rate because Mugabe has forced many white land "owners" to give up there land to the government to be redistributed to black war veterans in the area. His reason for doing so is to "Right the wrongs of colonialism." Also the inflation rate is low because Zimbabwe doesn't currently use their own currency, they trade with currencies such as the U.S. Dollar, and the South African Rand.
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