Listen to the first things you will hear in the morning, when waking up in Zimbabwe and then in Syria. Dawn chorus in Zimbabwe Dawn chorus in Syria
The Roman Catholic sisters in Mbare dished out the fortified, nutritional drink mahewu, what food they managed to find and antiseptic creams and other basics donated by pharmacies, some time-expired...
The limp iPad is attributed to: Classic Doonesbury by Pulitzer Prize winning US cartoonist, author and satirist Gary Trudeau. (In 1981 he wrote a superb book on the new US...
At first I disapproved of the “greening” of Zimbabwe’s cellphone towers. But then I took a longer, more contextual view and it didn’t seem too bad. Maybe that’s the way...
The legend of the Ark of the Covenant and the disputed Zimbabwe connection By ANGUS SHAW According to legend, white lions of God and a two-headed snake guarded the “drum...
Freedom of expression: the debate goes on “I despise what you say but I will defend to the end your right to say it.” The enlightened approach current for so...
Home for the Bewildered The man in the next bed, Thought he had a coffin Growing out of his head. He couldn’t wear his hat, What do you think of...
A Memoir By Angus Shaw How do you behave in a poker game with a genocidal murderer? General Mohammed Siad Barre of Somalia had a revolver lying beside his over-flowing...
The fight for independence in Zimbabwe comes under scrutiny in Kandaya, Another Time, Another Place. It is based own the experiences of a white conscript in Ian Smith’s army. Angus...
One of the bloodiest reigns in history is over. For eight years the man they called the Black Hitler ruled over Uganda with unprecedented brutality. Over these years thousands upon...
