The Zimbabwe Soaring Unemployment Rate of 85%: A Ticking Time Bomb Not Only for Zimbabwe but the Entire SADC Region (2014)

Abstract

The mission in this Paper is to carry out a Literature Review and Research Methodology on the Zimbabwe unemployment rate of 85% which is a ticking time bomb not only in Zimbabwe but in the Sadc region as compared with its regional peers of Zambia to the north, South Africa to the south, Mozambique to the east and Botswana to the west of the country. The related and relevant Literature Review and the Research methodology to expose the Research Findings will take the Author to Mhlanga (2014) of Newsday whose contribution on the topic in this Paper is on youths spending time crushing stones to make a living as the job market in Zimbabwe crashes. The second respondent to give his contribution on the stratospheric unemployment rate in Zimbabwe is Nleya (2014) of Newsday. His contribution is on the promised 2,265 million jobs to be created by ZANU PF once voted into power in the 31 July 2013 harmonized elections. To make yet another contribution on soaring unemployment in Zimbabwe is Mawire (2014) of Newsday who argued that more people were turning to real estate to earn a living as unemployment soared to unbearable stratospheric levels in Zimbabwe.