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Age of some of Zimbabwe’s voters questionable

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Mugabe’s Latest Gift to Zimbabwe: the Secret of Living Longer
Good news from Zimbabwe where, despite Western media reports of political crisis, economic stagnation and widespread poverty, the electoral roll indicates the country is actually one of the healthiest on earth. The October 2010 count finds 41,100 voters in Zimbabwe aged 100 or more – four times the number of centenarians in Britain, whose population is more than five times as large. Another 132,500 Zimbabwean voters are in their 90s; 16,800 Zimbabwean voters are also 110 years old, all of them, amazingly, born on New Year’s Day in 1901. Read more

3 comments to “Age of some of Zimbabwe’s voters questionable”

  1. Comment by Zimbabwe: What is Next? · Global Voices:

    [...] Nyamuda links to a blog post that which makes fun of revelation that 16,800 Zimbabwean voters are 110 years old and all of them [...]

  2. Comment by Zimbabwe: What is Next? | Sao-Paulo news:

    [...] Nyamuda links to a blog post that which makes fun of revelation that 16,800 Zimbabwean voters are 110 years old and all of them [...]

  3. Comment by Zimbabwe: Co dalej? · Global Voices po polsku:

    [...] Nyamuda zamieszcza link do wpisu na blogu, który naśmiewa się z odkrycia iż 16,800 wyborców w Zimbabwe jest w wieku 110-u lat i wszyscy [...]