What next for them.

...nxt is they suffer in abject poverty for a couple of years,and some here believe we can live with sanctions...

After paying public workers' salaries last week, the balance in cash-strapped Zimbabwe's government public account stood at just $US217.

Finance minister Tendai Biti made the admission to reporters in the capital Harare, adding that some workers had healthier bank balances than the country.

"The government finances are in paralysis state at the present moment. We are failing to meet our targets," he said.

Zimbabwe's economy went into freefall at the turn of the millennium after president Robert Mugabe began seizing white-owned farms.

The move demolished investor confidence in the country, paralysed production, prompted international sanctions and scared off tourists.

After more than a decade - in which the country suffered hyper-inflation of 231 million per cent and infrastructure that crumbled as quickly as prices went up - the situation is now more stable.

But public finances remain a mess and local business battles against unstable electricity supplies, lack of liquidity and high labour costs.

pole mzee the west cares less if you(africans) murder your sons and daughters if so sanctions would be in place today after you rejected the local tribunal to prosecute suspects. it has been business as usual since january 2008. if PEV targeted the likes of akina Delamere by now unga 1kg could be ksh70,000,000
this is the year of the jubilee