In Zimbabwe, the black-market exchange rate is nearly ten times the official one.

ECONOMIST: Zimbabwe

The Williams sisters hit the ground running and just kept going, Zimbabwe's Black failing to win a game on serve and she and her American partner Huber winning just two points on their second serves.

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"I'm disappointed the ICC hasn't shown more compassion with regard to what's happening in Zimbabwe, " said Olonga, the first black cricketer to play for Zimbabwe.

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Basically what I see as the middle class of Zimbabwe, be it black, white, whatever racial denomination was, it has been squeezed out.

BBC: Naomi Raaf, victim of farm violence in Zimbabwe

The Zambia-born bowler was the first black player to represent Zimbabwe, appearing in 30 Tests and 50 one-day internationals.

BBC: Olonga moves to England

South Africa's farmers need only look to the farm seizures in Zimbabwe to appreciate the need to participate in black empowerment initiatives, Paul Cluver says.

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Mr Flower made a more dramatic exit as a political refugee: while playing for Zimbabwe in an international tournament, he wore a black armband to protest against hunger, unemployment and oppression.

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Having visited Zimbabwe in recent weeks and spoken to many Zimbabweans, both black and white, it is clear just how unpopular Mugabe's regime is.

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Zimbabwe team-mates Henry Olonga and Andy Flower staged a black arm protest at their game against Namibia, a symbolic gesture which they claimed was intended to "mourn the death of democracy" in their country.

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Professor du Toit, director of the Mammal Research Unit at Pretoria University, says commercial white-owned farms in Zimbabwe are home to many rare large mammals, including cheetah, black rhino and sable - a type of antelope.

BBC: Zimbabwe wildlife 'face disaster'