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All of the following information is from 2003:


 * School life expectancy from primary to tertiary is 9 years total
 * Literacy [english] of 15 years and above is 90.7% [male is 94.2 and female is 87.2%]
 * English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects
 * Syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%

All of the following information is from 2007
 * About 1.3 million are living with HIV/AIDS

All of the following information is from 2009:
 * Life expectancy–male: 46.36 years ; female: 45.16 years (2009 est.)
 * According the National Geographic, the life expectancy has dropped to 41 as an average for both sexes. This is due to:
 * Deteriorating economy, which fails to provide for basic health care and sanitation needs (Medical News Today)
 * The vast amount of people infected with HIV/AIDS (Medical News Today)
 * Their lack of medical needs promotes rapid transmission of Cholera
 * According to the WHO (World Health Organization) and the UN, the life expectancy is Zimbabwe is one of the lowest on earth, Swaziland being one of the countries with similar statistics.

As of 2009, their running prime minister Robert Mugabe has basically destroyed the country 'Zimbabwe used to be a place with so much hope, its future looked wonderful. As a black woman I really felt we were going somewhere. A man took over and gradually turned into a monster. He has torn the place to pieces - like a cat playing with a squeaking mouse. It is a tragedy.' - Anonymous Zimbabwean Woman (All about information about the prime minister from Medical News Today and Parade.com)
 * Unemployment has risen to around 85%
 * In January '09, the government released a $50 Billion note which is worth two loaves of bread
 * He has had his goons kill off opposition leaders and members to stay in power
 * All this now and he's been in power since 1980