Bored with politics and the US presidential race in particular? Monica Lewinsky’s legacy (courtesy Private Eye.) As the old saying goes, if you think your single vote doesn’t make a...
“A bus service runs from place A to B. The driver is one Tanaka who is on a renewable contract. After a while, the bus comes back every month with...
Carpe Diem, ‘seize the day’ or enjoy the present instead of placing all hope in the future. Literally from the Latin: “pluck the day while it is ripe.” This...
The unilateral and unseemly suspension by Local Government Minister Saviour ‘Tyson’ Kasukuwere of the Harare Mayor, Bernard ‘Ben’ Manyanyeni, and the attempts to remove the Town Clerk, James Mushore,...
As ever, The Herald newspaper excels itself. Zimbabweans are celebrating the achievements in health, education and land reform after liberation from colonial rule in 1980. “Zimbabwe is the only country...
Here’s an interesting observation taken from the website of The Herald, the government-controlled daily in Zimbabwe, on a New Age game of numbers. The High Court ruled it is a privacy matter...
Like life in general here, getting about on our roads and streets has gone haywire. Motoring costs have soared, lives are in danger every moment, the frustrated public psyche is...
The television network CNN called it the most poached mammal in the world that no-one’s ever heard of – the pangolin, also known as the scaly ant-eater, the shy...
This is Chimhini, or ‘Short Tail’ in Shona. She is a pub cat and, like many of the patrons much of the time, she’s a darn cool cat. She is...
Phew, that’s a relief! Mr Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe has acquired 600,000 tons of grain and staple foods from Ukraine to ward off starvation. The Grain Millers’ Association calculates that at...
