Dispatches from Zimbabwe: the uncertainty of everyday life (Pt 2)
Updated on 23 September 2008
Everyday life in Zimbabwe can be chaotic and absurd, as our Zimbabwe blogger "Helen" reveals.
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12 Nov 2008: election calls
Retelling conversations heard in 500-strong bank queues.
7 Nov 2008: saving a baby
One mother's plight to feed her child when food is in short supply.
29 Oct 2008: 'Living like animals'
Helen speaks to one man about the new diets in rural areas.
21 Oct 2008: 'Telling coincidence'
Helen describes the despair as another building society struggles and the prime minister can't leave the country.
15 Oct 2008: temperatures run high
As Thabo Mbeki tries to break the stalemate in Zimbabwe, Helen describes the frustrations for the people.
7 Oct 2008: salvaging pips
Hunger forces more people to beg as seized farms remain neglected.
30 Sep 2008: 'Nothing has changed'
On the day the maximum daily withdrawal allowance rose to twenty thousand Zimbabwe dollars the banks had no money to give.
23 Sep 2008: the perpetrators' fate
The people of Zimbabwe are hopeful, but already talking about accountability and punishment.
13 Sep 2008: 'Anything's better than this'
On the day when we should have been celebrating a power sharing deal, the queues outside the passport office were longer than ever.
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