Photo 3: Empty silos, abandoned processing plant – “Red Seal” food company in Bulawayo, one of many closed businesses. Photo 4: Dead end: once, these train tracks brought raw materials to this factory and carried away finished goods for export. Bulawayo industrial site, October 2011. city, historically one of Zimbabwe’s better‐run local authorities.28 At a time when the nation as a whole is reflecting a 5+% GDP growth rate, Bulawayo is clearly shrinking. 28 K Mhotshwa: “Invasions destroyed industry”, Newsday, 21 Oct 2011. 16