Tagged: Zimbabwe

First the good news …

The bad news is that after years of neglect this is not being done as a public service. A summit meeting of heads of state and government is coming soon....

No more cop outs on climate, please

Our man at the helm has been at the climate change summit, Cop28, in luxurious Dubai, a place better known to his countrymen as the hub of our illegal gold...

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...

Let’s make Orwell fiction again

Even in these far reaches of the globe it is impossible to escape from the noise of those damned elections...

How to launder money

We tried washing grimy notes in gentle soap suds and warm water. Then a machine cycle took 45 minutes and...

Pomp versus poor

They all do it. They deliver a state of the nation address (SONA) to legislatures, painting a rosy picture of...

Trickle down? Where? When?

Ask any economist. Trickle down from wealth at the top is a fine theory but where and when does it...

Kissing up to Chairman Mao

Harare, Zimbabwe. Our admiration for Chairman Mao, architect of China's Cultural Revolution from 1949 to 1976, is boundless. We have...

Railroad to nowhere

China, the master of rail and bullet trains, has offered to step in and fix it. Don’t hold your breath....

How to be a good bedfellow

Putin is our pal. As is Xi Jinping. So is the Supreme Leader in the crucible of radical fundamentalism, Iran....

Popcorn Syndrome wins again. Or does it?

It's like popcorn. Hot it up, it gloriously shows itself and then it's gone before the end of the movie....

The curse of interesting times …

May you live in interesting times! This started out as a...