Zimbabwe self-sufficient soon

Urban residents in Zimbabwe endure frequent power cuts.
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On Sunday state media announced a 100% rise in electricity tariffs in a further blow to Zimbabwe's struggling consumers.
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The state-run Herald newspaper reported Monday that the government would soon embark on an ambitious programme to conserve desperately needed fuel and electricity.
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…local pig farmers want to apply for funding from the central bank for a project to generate electricity from pig manure…According to Paul Ndiweni, director of the Pig Industry Board of Zimbabwe, the "technical aspects of the project have already been worked out."

The IMF can go to hell, says embattled Mugabe.

NB: when I read the first article, I couldn’t stop laughing. It was clearly trying to give the impression that pig manure would solve Zimbabwe’s energy problems. I decided to help a little by changing slightly the order of the clippings; mad Bob deserves no less.

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