Not Zimbabwe's bankrupt government, which lives from hand to mouth. This week the National Oil Company, Noczim, warned that the fuel crisis would get worse in December. Tankers are docked in the Mozambican port of Beira but there is no foreign exchange to pay. When the tobacco sales end in mid-November, the trickle of forex will dwindle further. The local press reports that soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are now paid in Congolese francs and some embassy staff are stranded abroad, unable to ship back their belongings.
Government spending is out of control.
The economy is in meltdown. The government has abandoned any pretence of a planned, guided resettlement. Listed and unlisted farms are occupied daily. Different authorities issue confiscation orders, often contradictory. The army enforces resettlement.