Collapse, Collapsed, Dead, Dying, Call it whatever, Zimbabwe is financially in a bad way. Hard to transform when our way of being in cynical, angry and fed up. Ok! Be aware the world for Zimbabweans and Africans throughout is governed by the system set up post WW2. That system doesnt serve us. No!! it does not, not a single bit. Not to get angry and rage about the Gross 8 ( G8) all recovering from 100's of years of War,pilage and plunder underpinned by domination of an Imperial nature, "yes its human nature Caeser" said Brutus to Caeser. Its time We All grow up and fix the mess we have created and create a possibility for the future of Africa. It ended with Zimbabwe and it will start in Zimbabwe, Exodus to Zimbabwe in 2009 will confirm the prophecy. 40 years after attaining Independence Zimbabwe as we know it will nolonger exist. It will have matured and undergoing transformation. The language used to discuss real issues about Zimbabwe in most western media lacks in vision thats why tony Blair has spun himself into a trap ( nuerotic public school kid) What type of conversation about Zimbabwe will Tony Blair have with Nelson Mandela? You know England keeps pretending to the rest of the world that their hands are clean ( hence the nuerotic parliamentary antics and the loss of Human Rights in the USA and UK.
Colonialism set up systems of governance and these grotesque financial systems still exist. England, France,Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, USA, Russia all Colonial Warlords, they have washed their hands, and have no intention of soughting it out. The Brotton Wood System only to suits themselves. Be careful with what you wash them with, remember the Sins of the father will revisit the sons for seven generations, this includes all mankind. Be responsible.

Tura, Ballygowan, Down

Mugabe must be charged with genocide as well as crimes against humanity. He was responsible for the murder of 30.000 Matabele tribesmen in the 1980s, and may others since but no one seems to be bothered. This is an insult to Africa where some countries have suffered far too much in the last 50 years. Now the next plea is going to be the giving of billions in aid to Zimbabwe, an action we most certainly should not support. They have caused the problems themselves. South Africa is also partly responsible for the current situation and so should pay their share in aid especially as Pres. Mbeki of SA supports Mugabes' thoughts that Africa is only for Africans, a state of affairs that has caused Zimbabwe's current terrible condition.

B J Deller, Marbella, Spain

What I find so strange is that when the country was Rhodesia and the value of the Rhodesian Dollar was nearly two US$ the British and American Governments effected a rabid campaign to destroy the Rhodesian Government, a Government led by a decorated war hero and flying ace that served the British Government in WWII. Against the backdrop of the various "Uhurus" of the decolonisation process of Africa that saw many whites brutally slaughtered, the US and UK Governments sought the same outcome for Rhodesia without the option of assistance or asylum for Rhodesian Whites, apparently intent on leaving them to the mercy of the communist terrorists that now rule Zimbabwe. Well we have seen what Robert Mugabe who was the darling of both governments of the time has dome to the country and how black people are suffering in Zim or emigrating to the UK by the tens of thousands, yet the silence from the UK and US on Mugabe is deafening - what shameful double standards, what cowardice!!!

Cynic, Salisbury , Wiltshire

Wrong predictions of imminent collapse galore in the Western over the
past few years. Simply because numerous predictions have been wrong
hitherto, future predictions are more likely to be correct (naturally).
What can be said with certainty is that the West's desire to
demonstrate (to Southern African countries) the folly of Zimbabwe's
experiment, has been thoroughly achieved. Mugabe's insistence that the
problem is a bilateral issue, between Zim and UK, seems to be water
under the bridge. For this reason Tony Blair is now happy to announce
that the solution to Zimbabwe's crisis must come from fellow Southern
Africans. Let them sort it out and see for themselves what happens when
you play with fire. Job done for Tony Blair. But for how long?

Shumba Muroori, London, UK

Twenty seven years ago, the people voted for Mugabe and his so called freedom fighters. How sad they did not realise he was to become yet another African dictator, robbing his own countrymen blind and destroying an economy over a quarter of a century of mismanagement. But what of the people in the rural areas? Their stories will only be told when he and his corrupt government are gone and then the World will learn of the true horrors of this regime.

M OXLADE, London,

This article is cheap propaganda by GB machinery....Zimbabwe will never collapse in six (6) months. I say never. If Iraq and Afghanstan do not collapse, Zim will not be near collapse. Africa and the rest of the world are finding ways of helping Zim out of their crisis. Only two nations are offended, opposed and will do all they can to broadcast bad propaganda like this. Zim is NOT collapsing!!

McCase, White River, US

There maybe dynamsim and adaptability and some top managers in the country who have defied, what a lot have done gone abroad, it will eventually come to a standstill, may it be soon than late, Intervention either from the South or aboard will see change for either the good or for worse, and then again what may happen after that is everyone's guess!

Daryll O'Connor, Sutton, United Kingdom

I don't think you can say the people 'progress' exactly...survive is the word that springs to mind, and that in itself is a miracle.

Sarah, Auckland, New Zealand

is anyone suprised???????..........

the lowest of the low was put in charge...and "it" decimated the country......

i say let it die...then civilization can move back in and turn it back into a garden.....

Max Efarstan, redmond, washington

NGOs by there very nature are a bunch of thugs. to trust what they say is to become blind to the realities on the ground. No wonder countries such as China, Russia, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Rwanda restrict their activities to pure charity or else they fold and bust. It is impossible for Zimbabwe to shut down completely in six months.

okhzo, Kampala, Uganda

I am absolutely certain that, somehow, some way, this is all the West's fault in general and George Bush's fault in particular.

FYI for the nutroots, the statement above is a little rhetorical device I like to call "sarcasm."

Rick, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Members of the British House of Lords must be happy at this "news" of imminent collapse of Zim: they will then be able to ragain the land that Mugabe took from them.

Some of the so-called white farmers were actually members of the House of Lords, who inherited the land from the colonial era.

Vincent, Moscow, Russia

tragic innit...how our president can go from being the most idolized African statesman to the most despised man in Africa.

bounter, Hayes, England

Is there any doubt that Africa was far better off when under colonial rule??

Walt, Mechburg, USA

You mean taking producing farms from people of one skin color, and giving them to people with a different skin color isn't a good idea?

Zimbabwe, the Mississippi of the world.

Okay, is Venezuela taken yet in the country collapse pool?

Brock, NYC, NY

Thank you for sharing an important perspective on Zimbabwe. Allow me a candid sharing.

Zimbabwe in my view has an amazing story to tell the world. Judging by the extremely antagonistic political or economical phenomena that surround the country, odds are being defied. Its at times inexplicably miraculous how the people progress in such an environment.

Corporate organizations in Zimbabwe are somehow managing to thrive against the highest inflationary environment in the world.Then it is undoubted that Zim has the best managers in the world who exhibit dynamism and adaptability. This is equally demonstrable in almost every sector of our country.

This is just an angle to a multi faceted view of the Zimbabwe story.

Please do a follow up on 14 Dec 2007 to review how time unfolds against the backdrop of projections

Tawanda, Harare, Zimbabwe

Long overdue

Zvazviri, Machester, UK

Well done Mugabe, you have successfully destroyed the 'bread basket of Africa'.

sian, Frankfurt, German

Surely a coup is about due...

Jon, Angelo, USA

South Africa is a beacon for Africa, Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki have done amazing things for RSA.

Why does the world tolerate Mugabe? He doesn't care about Zimbabwe. It's to our shame we allowed this despot to govern so long.

Zimbabwe is a beautiful country, may she have the gracious, law abiding, progressive government that mirrors its Southern neighbour.

Gary Jackson, London, England

Mugabes' neighbors, including South Africa, fully support his regime. As long as they do so this regime will survive.

FREDERICK VAQUER, pasadena, ca/usa-