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Inflation was estimated at 231million percent. Goodness knows who still cares to measure inflation at such stratospheric levels, and millions of Zimbabweans were seeking economic refuge elsewhere.

South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, the UK and the US soaked up most of these. Think of people like Strive Masiyiwa, Peter Moyo and Sifiso Dabengwa here in South Africa. They and many others were forced to export their skills and enterprise. Ironically, they were marketable globally, thanks to the foresight of President Robert Mugabe