Plugging Zimbabwe’s Brain Drain

Zimbabwe is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. On its northern border with Zambia, the Zambezi River thunders over Victoria Falls, the world’s widest continuous waterfall. The noise of Victoria Falls can be heard from a distance of 40 km, while the spray and mist from the falling water rise to a height of over 400 m, visible from a distance of 50 km. It is no wonder that the local tribes used to call the waterfall Mosi-o-Tunya “The smoke that thunders.” Aside from the majestic Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe is home to many national parks, such as Hwange National Park. It contains some of the densest remaining wildlife concentrations on the African continent, has an area of more than 12,000 km2, and stretches from the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls railway line westward to the Botswana border.