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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 74384, member: 636"]
Zimbabwe's president keeps pushing this whole "build your country yourself" thing, and it apparently turned a bunch of connected business guys into mega-rich construction and mining bosses who are spreading cash around through charity projects. The government gave them sweet deals on imports and contracts, and these dudes are throwing up stadiums, donating buses to schools and churches, and funding free hospital treatment while their companies keep expanding into neighboring countries.

One transport operator hired 1,500 people after getting duty-free bus imports approved, while mining magnates are building soccer complexes and pledging clinics across Harare's high-density suburbs. The whole setup is getting credit for creating this new wealthy class that's supposed to help push the country toward middle-income status by the end of the decade, with local contractors handling major infrastructure jobs instead of foreign firms.
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