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Not fussy
Dirty money - mostly Small denomination US dollar notes are quite hard to come by in Zimbabwe. I am quite lucky in that my business takes quite a lot of small currency so each month I start hording it… more →
Zimbabwe Absurdity
Not fussy
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wrote 1 week ago: Dirty money - mostly Small denomination US dollar notes are quite hard to come by in Zimbabwe. I am … more →
The culture of appearance
wrote 3 weeks ago: In Zimbabwe as in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa appearance is paramount. It doesn’t matter ho … more →
Zimbabwean resourcefulness
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Hope is eternal! I spotted this dog nursing the kittens yesterday whilst picking up the artwork for … more →
Change
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wrote 4 weeks ago: “No I don’t want a credit note”, I said. “Maybe I don’t want to come b … more →
Muddy paws
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wrote 1 month ago: It’s the season of muddy paw prints in the kitchen. No matter how much I nag her Jenni just wi … more →
Fault lines
wrote 2 months ago: I was paying Tony the rent that I owed him yesterday. He asked me if I’d heard of the rumour that th … more →
Nyanga Odyssey
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wrote 2 months ago: I am sitting typing this at 2200m in what is possibly the highest holiday cottage in Zimbabwe. It be … more →
Betrayal of trust
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wrote 2 months ago: Her coat is matted and dirty; sort of Labradorish. She is young but middle aged on the street and su … more →
Sycophants we
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wrote 3 months ago: It was all on the news the last couple of days; the SADCC (Southern African Development Co-ordinatio … more →
Former Glory
wrote 4 months ago: It’s a large room with walls in puce green. The ceiling is high, close to the angle of the roof and … more →
Rumours of Rain
wrote 4 months ago: Factmeter (FM) scale: 0 = nonsense, 1 = myth, 2 = dubious rumour, 3 = rumour, 4 = fact 2nd hand, 5 = … more →
The (lack of) Information Industry
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wrote 4 months ago: On Sunday afternoon I noticed that Jenni looked like she’d come out of a horror movie where the eyes … more →
Getting old
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wrote 4 months ago: “… and I have brought and old dog that I’d like put to sleep” said the man, late thirties with two y … more →
Peace (be upon you)
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wrote 5 months ago: “President Mugabe last week proclaimed yesterday, today and tomorrow as peace days — during wh … more →
A grand irony
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wrote 5 months ago: “But you will only be able to use it outside the country” said Joyce. I tried unsuccessf … more →
Mother Hubbard's cupboard is bare
wrote 6 months ago: Andrew is a maize breeder and a director in his own seed company which is based just down the road f … more →
Taken on trust
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wrote 6 months ago: Phil is a banker so of course I had to ask him how it was going with CABS, his employer. He admitted … more →
In the pipeline
wrote 6 months ago: Fuel is short again; specifically diesel. The vast majority of Zimbabwe’s fuel requirements ar … more →
Possibility and reality
wrote 6 months ago: We got a pleasant surprise this week in the form of a 300000 tobacco seedling order to be sown as so … more →
