I thought this BBC article was interesting, in which a Zimbabwean operating engineer (in a power station) compares life under Smith and under Mugabe (pre-2000 and since).

ETA: Clarifying - he compares life under Smith (pre-1980), Mugabe 1980 to late 1990s, and Mugabe since.

[ 21 November 2007: Message edited by: unionist ]