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(Dateline Harare) How does it feel when extreme weather events cut off electricity to a few million households though it soon  will be restored? Spare a thought, then, for those...

So, it’s boring as fuck. Sorry for that. Very few hits on my last story. We’ve slipped right off the map. (Oxford University says the f-word has taken over from...

Even in these far reaches of the globe it is impossible to escape from the noise of those damned elections just around the corner. How will the outcome influence dictatorships...

We tried washing grimy notes in gentle soap suds and warm water. Then a machine cycle took 45 minutes and the money came out cleaner than before. But it isn’t...

They all do it. They deliver a state of the nation address (SONA) to legislatures, painting a rosy picture of achievements and skating over many a hard truth. But it’s...

Ask  any economist. Trickle down from wealth at the top is a fine theory but where and when does it actually happen? Like highly-paid bankers in lofty towers, politicians are...

Harare, Zimbabwe. Our admiration for Chairman Mao, architect of China’s Cultural Revolution from 1949 to 1976, is boundless. We have just named  a new highway after him. Back in a...

China, the master of rail and bullet trains, has offered to step in and fix it. Don’t hold your breath. The rail network has suffered from years of neglect. Lines...

Putin is our pal. As is Xi Jinping. So is the Supreme Leader in the crucible of radical fundamentalism, Iran. It goes something like this. The so-called  ‘progressive world’  helped...