http://politics.za.net/articles/2007/09/26/mboweni-on-zimbabwe-from-bad-to-worse en-us 40 Third world country. First world politics. <p>Whoa! Finally a high ranking government official, Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni, has finally <a href="http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page87?oid=162831&#38;sn=Detail">stated the obvious</a>: Zimbabwe is not getting better despite Thabo Mbeki repeatedly telling us that silent diplomacy is working and a negotiated end to the economic woes is just around the corner.</p> <blockquote> <p>Mboweni also said Zimbabwe&#8217;s seizure of white-owned farms by government-backed militia in neighbouring Zimbabwe was &#8220;a total disaster,&#8221; and that successful economies demanded that governments respect property rights.<br /><br /> &#8220;Things are beginning to move from bad to worse,&#8221; Mboweni said.</p> </blockquote> <p>And with that talk about respecting property rights you&#8217;d think he was in the Thatcher administration rather than being a member of a socialist leaning party?</p> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:08:00 -0400 urn:uuid:8b83390a-bb45-4481-a4e1-b441fd96f452 Farrel http://politics.za.net/articles/2007/09/26/mboweni-on-zimbabwe-from-bad-to-worse ANC Foreign Affairs Reserve Bank