Zimbabwe- Political Factors

Question 1

Corruption: What happened in the elections?

Answer 1

They were rigged

Question 2

Corruption: What was it suspended from for rigging elections?

Answer 2

Commonwealth of Nations

Question 3

Corruption: Which 2 countries imposed sanctions after they rigged the elections?

Answer 3

UK and USA

Question 4

Corruption: Why did the sanctions badly effect Zimbabwe?

Answer 4

Reduced number of jobs, meaning many couldn’t afford to eat as their income was so low

Question 5

Stability: What hasn’t the government invested in?

Answer 5

Healthcare, education and improving the economy

Question 6

Stability: What percentage of major hospitals have closed?

Answer 6

75%

Question 7

Stability: Why is the only remaining hospital finding it hard to obtain drugs?

Answer 7

Hyperinflation

Question 8

Refugees: How many have fled since 2007?

Answer 8

3.4 million

Question 9

Refugees: Why has so many leaving hit the economy hard?

Answer 9

Smaller workforce

Question 10

Emigration: What’s worsening the healthcare situation?

Answer 10

Doctors migrating

Question 11

Discrimination: Who did Mugabe give the white people’s farmland to?

Answer 11

War veterans

Question 12

Discrimination: Why has giving farmland away effected the economy?

Answer 12

Decreased agricultural exports as the new owners have no farming skill

Question 13

Discrimination: What do agricultural exports include?

Answer 13

Maize and tobacco

Question 14

Inflation: What was the rate of inflation in 1998?

Answer 14

32%

Question 15

Inflation: What was the rate of inflation in 2008?

Answer 15

11,200,000%

Question 16

Inflation: What has caused inflation?

Answer 16

Increased demand, and limited amount