Hehehehehehehe.... The bank officials must have placed Mugabe's ticket in
one basket and the rest in a separate basket. As we say in Nigeria: who
wan die?

Well, I hope that Mugabe will give back the prize money for another
draw. Hmmmm, with the luck of the draw, Mrs. Mugabe's will be drawn :-)

Cheers,
         Madiba.

On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Sidi Sanneh wrote:

> >From "Agence France Presse"
>
> HARARE, Jan 27(AFP)- President Robert Mugabe, presiding over the worst
> economic crisis in Zimbabwe's history, won the jackpot in a bank lottery,
> the state news agency Ziana reported Thursday.
>  Mugabe took top prize of 100,000 Zimbabwe dollars(about 2,600 US) in the
> personal current account holders' category of a draw by Zimbank, which is
> partly owned by the government.
>  All clients who kept at least 5,000 Zimbabwe dollars in their accounts for
> the month of December were entered in the draw.
>  A hundred thousand dollars would be considered riches by most people in
> Zimbabwe, where half the workforce is unemployed and minimum wages start at
> less than 1,000 dollars (about 26 US) a month
>
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