Felicity Wood: Another legend gone
Harare, Zimbabwe Felicity Wood, a beacon in our contemporary history, has died after a long and fearful battle with cancer. She was 84. For 60 years she ploughed through the...
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Monkey business in Milton Park
Charlie, the young vervet monkey, was dead, heartlessly gunned down in the leafy Harare suburb of Milton Park. For about three months, little Charlie had been living happily in the...
Cocaine, Ukraine and the French
The French have found it necessary to deny that Monsieur Macron and his British and German buddies Starmer and Merz snorted cocaine on their way from Ukraine by train. Russia...
So farewell then …
As the Jesuits used to say: Give us the boy and we’ll keep the man, no matter his digressions in between. It worked well for Robert Mugabe. After years as...
Easter tidings. Just saying …
In the Christian faith Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus and the Almighty’s victory over sin and death and symbolises the saving of souls. It can be said God made...
Dizzying trillions
There’s much being said across the ocean about how many trillions are to be gained from new trade policies and foreign aid cuts. The White House says US$ billions are...
Weekend read: Dildos in the Mist
The local store has started selling coffee from faraway Rwanda, reminding me of my visits there, before, during and after the genocide 30 years ago. Sigourney Weaver played murdered American...
Food for thought …
The famed fast food outlet in South Africa has donated children’s desks to a school in dire need of them. Bad policy priorities across...
Juggling with names
Col. Sanders’ finger licking’ Kentucky Fried Chicken has moved its headquarters from Kentucky to Texas. It has outlets in more than 120 countries, second only to McDonalds, since the colonel...
Kleptos rule, okay!
(Kleptocracy from ancient Greek: Rule by thieves ) The display of motor oils on the forecourt of a filling station a couple of blocks away is impressive. But the containers...
