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...
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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...
Scary sh*t, isn’t it
Dateline Harare Zimbabwe Not only are the sewers broken and bursting around here, not only are the streets potholed and lined with litter but there’s more sh*t on the way....
Time for free speech, hey ho!
Everyone has the right to a viewpoint. This one from British writer Nate White: Trump “has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth,...
You couldn’t make it up
Dateline Harare Zimbabwe In his own social media posts, Wicknell Chivayo is dishing out US $100 bills at the Victoria Falls airport when he overlooks one woman’s outstretched hand and...
The road ahead. It’s not this one…
No obstacles, no potholes, no mangled wreckage. Here’s to wishing it could be so. First person: “I’m giving up drinking, I’m eating healthier, more exercise , more social interaction, I’ll...
Year-end diary. The wide mouthed frog and other stories …
(Pixels of pics have been reduced to ease download times and save on data. Also, on smaller phones or screens, things should look better by rotating from upright/portrait screen to...
Bejesus, let there be light
(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...
Lament for a tortured friend
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...
