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Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe are a depressed lot. After investing a lot of money in the crop ahead of what initially seemed like a fruit full season, prices have nose plunged by over 70% in some cases, exposing many small scale farmers to heavy losses.

An extract from the Q&A segment of former President of South Africa F.W. De Klerk’s talk at the Oxford Union titled ‘The new South Africa after twenty years’. He talks about Ian Smith and his Rhodesian regime in this clip.

Many Zimbabweans have been forced to innovate new ways to make ends meet as they struggle to survive with many being unemployed due to weak economy, many farmers have embraced farming to fend for themselves but in a special way, practicing potato farming -in sacks.