Inside Zimbabwe
BackSeptember 2005 In a bid to destroy the powerbase of his opponents, Robert Mugabe is bulldozing thousands of slums. Secret footage shows the consequences of this policy. A young boy flees the approaching bulldozer. Fire rages all around as house after house is reduced to rubble. These are the images President Mugabe doesn't want to you see. Millions have lost their homes in part of a bizarre national clean up campaign centred on demolishing Zimbabwe's slums. "Yes there is discomfort now, but discomfort in order to get comfort later," states Mugabe. But opponents are unconvinced. They believe the real aim of 'Operation Restore Order' is to destabilise opposition strongholds. "They are trying to move the electorate in the cities into rural areas where it is easy to manipulate or even abuse them," laments Jay Jay Sibanda. He was forced into exile after being arrested and tortured. Now, he's returning to Zimbabwe to secretly film what's happening in his homeland. Many families haven't received food supplies for weeks, supermarkets have nothing in stock and the queue for petrol lasts several days. Ordinary Zimbabweans are faced with a stark choice: exile if they leave or starvation and destitution if they remain.
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