Lithium has become the new ‘gold rush’ in Zimbabwe, with reports coming from many places where people dig it up and sell the ore for US$10 a wheelbarrow load. Moneyweb CathyBuckle
Early in the morning when the clouds are smudged with pink, the dawn chorus fills Zimbabwe’s cool air – robins and flycatchers, and the koo-ku-ing of red-eyed Doves. As the sun lights the horizon a pair of mousebirds take up position at the top of a bush, long tails wet with dew, faces turned towards the sun waiting to catch the first warming rays.
How on earth do we survive this? Food … or metal? Almost as bizarre as a thousand dollars for a loaf of bread is the news that came just before Christmas of 3 000 government land reform beneficiaries facing eviction from farm land they were given in Chegutu by the government. The new farmers are apparently being evicted to make way for a platinum project.
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