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The Big Ball of String

The Big Ball of String

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023
Time goes backwards in Zimbabwe

Time goes backwards in Zimbabwe

January 7, 2023January 7, 2023
Sunset over Zimbabwe to 63 countries (Day 12 of 12 Christmas stories)

Sunset over Zimbabwe to 63 countries (Day 12 of 12 Christmas stories)

December 24, 2022December 24, 2022
Day Eleven of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022:  Inyangombe

Day Eleven of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022: Inyangombe

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022
Day Ten of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022:  Osborne

Day Ten of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022: Osborne

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022
Day Nine of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022:  Hitch-hiking Heron

Day Nine of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022: Hitch-hiking Heron

December 21, 2022December 22, 2022
Day Eight of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022: Matopos

Day Eight of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022: Matopos

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022
Day Seven of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022:  Night Time Visitor

Day Seven of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022: Night Time Visitor

December 17, 2022December 17, 2022
Day Six of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022: Chilojo Cliffs

Day Six of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022: Chilojo Cliffs

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022
Day Five of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022. Hippo…run!

Day Five of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022. Hippo…run!

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022
Day Four of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022. To the Mountains

Day Four of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022. To the Mountains

December 10, 2022December 10, 2022
Christmas in Zimbabwe 2022

Christmas in Zimbabwe 2022

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022
Day Three of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022.  Charging Elephant

Day Three of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022. Charging Elephant

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022
Day Two of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022.  The Gairezi.

Day Two of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022. The Gairezi.

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022
Day One of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022. The Sable

Day One of Twelve Christmas stories from Zimbabwe 2022. The Sable

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022
Catch and release where the thieves are always freed

Catch and release where the thieves are always freed

November 25, 2022November 26, 2022
At the going down of the sun

At the going down of the sun

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022
Brush the Chip off Your Shoulder at Shangani

Brush the Chip off Your Shoulder at Shangani

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022
Full Pantry While Pots are Empty

Full Pantry While Pots are Empty

October 7, 2022October 7, 2022
Finding Solace in the Quiet Beauty of Wild Places

Finding Solace in the Quiet Beauty of Wild Places

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II . A Life of Service

Queen Elizabeth II . A Life of Service

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022
The Predator at the Waterhole

The Predator at the Waterhole

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022
August always has a story to tell

August always has a story to tell

August 14, 2022August 29, 2022
Jewels In The Dust

Jewels in the dust

July 29, 2022August 15, 2022
Gold and the godfather syndrome in Zimbabwe

Gold and the Godfather Syndrome in Zimbabwe

July 15, 2022August 14, 2022
Thousand dollar shopping

Thousand dollar shopping in Zimbabwe

July 1, 2022August 14, 2022
Crisis

Crisis? What Crisis?

June 17, 2022August 14, 2022
Seizing Maize

Seizing maize and deja vu

June 3, 2022August 14, 2022
Thirteen cents an hour

Thirteen cents an hour in Zimbabwe

May 21, 2022August 14, 2022
The crocodiles will take the goats

The crocodiles will take the goats before the children

May 5, 2022August 14, 2022
The geese and the post office

The geese and The Post Office

April 14, 2022August 14, 2022
The time is now to grow food in Zimbabwe

The time is now to grow food Zimbabwe

April 4, 2022August 14, 2022
Dont blame the police

Don’t blame the police

March 18, 2022August 14, 2022
Evil and innocence side by side

Evil and Innocence Side by Side

March 4, 2022August 14, 2022
Courage does not mean you are not afraid

Zimbabwe’s Thuggery Methods

February 18, 2022August 14, 2022
Yellow is Zimbabwes new red

Yellow is Zimbabwe’s new red

February 5, 2022August 14, 2022
Teachers in leg irons

Teachers in leg irons in a beautiful Zimbabwe

January 20, 2022August 14, 2022
Guilty during land reform

Guilty during land reform

January 8, 2022August 14, 2022
happy christmas

Happy Christmas from Zimbabwe

December 23, 2021August 14, 2022
too hot to walk barefoot

Too hot to walk barefoot

December 10, 2021August 14, 2022
dung beetles

Dung beetles and MPs who are ‘pink pigs’

November 27, 2021August 14, 2022
walking with elephants

Walking with elephants

November 12, 2021August 14, 2022
sounds of zimbabwe

The sounds of Zimbabwe

October 29, 2021August 14, 2022
zim dollar in real peril

“Zim dollar now in real peril,” back on the slippery slope again

October 15, 2021August 14, 2022
hand across the fence

Hands across the fence

October 1, 2021August 14, 2022
sun spiders

Sun spiders and land invaders

September 17, 2021August 14, 2022
sound of hope

Zimbabwe’s sound of hope

September 3, 2021August 14, 2022
The goodbye store and lost dreams

The Goodbye Store and lost dreams

August 20, 2021August 14, 2022
Roving bandits and trumpets in the wind

Roving bandits and trumpets in the wind

July 30, 2021August 14, 2022
Oh South Africa

Oh South Africa

July 16, 2021August 14, 2022
the money changers and the old lady

The money changers and the old lady

July 2, 2021August 14, 2022
Sunbirds and apple rings

Sunbirds and apple rings

June 18, 2021August 14, 2022
River of many hippos

River of many hippos and the bronze statue

June 4, 2021August 14, 2022
Blue duikers and landmark rulings

Blue Duikers and landmark rulings

May 22, 2021August 14, 2022
Give a loaf to a stranger

Give a loaf to a stranger

May 7, 2021August 14, 2022
Baobabs, donkey carts and armoured vehicles

Baobabs, donkey carts and armoured beetles

April 23, 2021August 14, 2022
Close your eyes

Close your eyes, feel the warm breeze, walk with me

April 3, 2021August 14, 2022
Caterpillars, corruption and utter absurdity

Caterpillars, corruption and utter absurdity

March 19, 2021August 14, 2022
Innocent Victims

INNOCENT VICTIMS released as a paperback by Merlin Unwin

March 14, 2021August 14, 2022
Be warned. No more land invasions

Be warned. No more land invasions, except for …

March 5, 2021August 14, 2022
The rock paintings and the learners who didnt learn

The rock paintings and the learners who didn’t learn

February 19, 2021August 14, 2022
Free vaccines, sanctions and a goat on a rope

Free vaccines, sanctions and a goat on a rope

February 5, 2021August 14, 2022
Courage does not mean you are not afraid

Courage doesn’t mean you aren’t afraid

January 22, 2021August 16, 2022
You can't breathe but you can't come in

You can’t breathe but you can’t come in

January 9, 2021August 16, 2022
Walk with me

Walk with me. Christmas Letter From Zimbabwe

December 20, 2020August 16, 2022
COVID did not ravage Zimbabwe

COVID didn’t ravage Zimbabwe in 2020 but corruption and greed did

December 4, 2020August 16, 2022
Hostages and hostage takers

Hostages and hostage takers

November 20, 2020August 16, 2022
Gold bars or blue jeans

Gold bars or blue jeans. Only in Zimbabwe.

November 6, 2020August 14, 2022
Empty tummies

Empty pockets and empty tummies; Sanctions didn’t do this to us

October 24, 2020August 14, 2022
Beautiful Zimbabwe

Beautiful Zimbabwe, Big Men and 12 cents a day

October 9, 2020August 16, 2022
Surviving Zimbabwe

Surviving Zimbabwe

September 25, 2020August 16, 2022
The red msasas and the crisis that isnt a crisis

The red Msasas and the crisis that isn’t a crisis

September 11, 2020August 16, 2022
Fear runs down the spine

“Fear runs down the spine of many of our people”

August 28, 2020August 16, 2022
Zimbabwean Lives Matter

Zimbabwe on the edge

August 8, 2020August 16, 2022
Free Hope

Dashed hopes and a journalist called Hopewell

July 24, 2020August 14, 2022
Zimbabwe's clock ticking

Zimbabwe’s clock ticking towards immense crisis

July 10, 2020August 16, 2022
Can I pay for your shopping

Can I pay for your shopping?

June 26, 2020August 16, 2022
Whats hiding behind the mist

What’s hiding behind the mist of Coronavirus lockdown in Zimbabwe?

June 12, 2020August 16, 2022
5 slices of bread

5 slices of bread and willing participants in their own torture

May 29, 2020August 14, 2022
mp brutally assaulted

MP dumped in a pit and brutally assaulted

May 15, 2020August 16, 2022
Barry the Bull

Barry the bull and Zimbabwe’s realities

May 2, 2020August 16, 2022
Zimbabwe suicidal to end lockdown

Zimbabwe, “suicidal” to end lockdown

April 18, 2020August 16, 2022
DAy 15

Zimbabwe in lockdown: Day 15 of 21

April 13, 2020September 5, 2022
Zimbabwe in Lockdown 2020

Zimbabwe in lockdown: Easter 2020

April 10, 2020September 5, 2022
Day 10 of 21

Zimbabwe in lockdown: Day 10 of 21

April 8, 2020August 17, 2022
Day 9 of 21

Zimbabwe in lockdown: Day 9 of 21

April 7, 2020August 17, 2022
Zimbabwe in lockdown Day 8 of 21

Zimbabwe in lockdown: Day 8 of 21

April 6, 2020September 6, 2022
Day 7

Zimbabwe in lockdown: Day 7 of 21

April 5, 2020August 17, 2022
Day 6

Zimbabwe in lockdown: Day 6 of 21

April 4, 2020September 5, 2022
Coping with corona virus Zimbabwe style

Coping with Coronavirus Zimbabwe style

April 3, 2020September 6, 2022
Day 4

Zimbabwe in lockdown: Day 4 of 21

April 2, 2020September 5, 2022
Day 3

Zimbabwe in lockdown: Day 3 of 21

April 1, 2020September 5, 2022
Day 2

Zimbabwe in lockdown: Day 2 of 21

March 31, 2020September 5, 2022
Day 1

Zimbabwe in lockdown: Day 1 of 21

March 30, 2020September 5, 2022
A story from Zimbabwe's campfire

A story from Zimbabwe’s campfire

March 22, 2020September 6, 2022
Zimbabwe waits for the red stain of coronavirus

Zimbabwe waits for the red stain of Coronavirus

March 13, 2020September 5, 2022
Letter for Lydia

Letter for Lydia

February 28, 2020September 6, 2022
Looting cheap food from hungry Zimbabweans

Looting cheap food from hungry Zimbabweans

February 21, 2020September 6, 2022
Scorpion in the sink

Hungry Zimbabwe and the scorpion in the sink

February 7, 2020September 6, 2022
Manhunt for a biology teacher

Manhunt for a biology teacher; Zimbabwe’s shame

January 24, 2020September 5, 2022
Sausage trees teachers Zimbabwes education crisis

Sausage Trees, Teachers and Zimbabwe’s education crisis

January 9, 2020August 14, 2022
A frenzy of feasting and opulence while Zimbabwe starves

A Frenzy of feasting and opulence while Zimbabwe starves

December 13, 2019August 14, 2022
Zimbabwes holiday hamper of horrors

Zimbabwe’s Holiday Hamper of Horrors

November 28, 2019September 5, 2022
Beautiful Zimbabwe Calendar 2020

Beautiful Zimbabwe Calendar 2020

November 22, 2019September 6, 2022
Doctors or cars

Doctors Or Cars. Zimbabwe Chooses Cars And Fires 286 Doctors

November 14, 2019August 14, 2022
High risk of chaos in zimbabwe

High Risk Of Chaos In Zimbabwe

October 17, 2019August 14, 2022
armageddon

Citizens Must Prepare For Zimbabwe’s Economic Armageddon

October 3, 2019August 14, 2022
The winds of discontent

The Winds Of Discontent

September 19, 2019September 5, 2022
Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe. The End Of An Era

September 7, 2019September 5, 2022
Jackals transformers chicken and chips

Jackals, Transformers, Chicken and Chips

September 5, 2019August 14, 2022
Marching towards starvation and baton sticks

Marching Towards Starvation And Baton Sticks

August 16, 2019August 14, 2022
Zimbabwe the country we dont know how to survive

Zimbabwe, The Country We Don’t Know How To Survive

August 3, 2019August 19, 2022
Zimbabwe burns while the lights are out

Zimbabwe Burns While The Lights Are Out

July 19, 2019August 14, 2022
Orange crisis sunsets and tempers

Orange! Crisis Sunsets And Tempers

July 5, 2019August 14, 2022
Wrestling for a loaf of bread

Wrestling For A Loaf Of Bread

June 20, 2019August 14, 2022
Oops put the car on charge

Oops! Put The Car On Charge

May 31, 2019August 14, 2022
Hot air on a cool winter wind

Hot Air On A Cool Winter Wind

May 15, 2019August 14, 2022
The crocodile and the duck

The Crocodile And The Duck

April 26, 2019August 14, 2022
Heroism, hearbreak and the ever growing 2%

Heroism, Heartbreak And The Ever Growing 2%

April 5, 2019September 6, 2022
The huge heart of Zimbabwe after Cyclone Idai

The Huge Heart Of Zimbabwe After Cyclone Idai

March 22, 2019August 14, 2022
Queen bees and red flags

Queen Bees And Red Flags

March 8, 2019August 14, 2022
The RTGS smokescreen

The RTGS Smoke Screen: Where Are All Our US Dollars?

February 22, 2019August 14, 2022
Camouflage trousers on the rusty fence

Camouflage Trousers On The Rusty Fence

February 8, 2019August 14, 2022
Broken hearts and broken bones

Broken Hearts And Broken Bones

February 1, 2019August 14, 2022
Back to bush tactics

Back To Bush Tactics

January 25, 2019August 14, 2022
Silencing our voices

Zimbabwe: The Silencing Of Our Voices

January 18, 2019August 14, 2022
The price of paradise

The Price Of Paradise?

January 11, 2019August 14, 2022
Zimbabwe 2018 Christmas Story

Zimbabwe’s 2018 Christmas Story

December 13, 2018August 14, 2022
No thank you I would rather go without

No Thank You! I’d Rather Go Without!

December 7, 2018August 14, 2022
Finding Our Voices

Finding Our Voices

November 23, 2018August 14, 2022
My heart was not strong enough for what I saw

My Heart Was Not Strong Enough For What I Saw

November 9, 2018August 14, 2022
Tadpoles in the shark pond

Tadpoles In The Shark Pond

October 26, 2018August 14, 2022
coming in and going out

Coming In And Going Out

September 26, 2018August 14, 2022
What safe running water

What Safe Running Water?

September 14, 2018August 14, 2022
Giving away the essence of Zimbabwe

Giving Away The Essence Of Zimbabwe

September 7, 2018August 14, 2022
Zimbabwe our hearts are heavy

Zimbabwe: Our Hearts Are Heavy Tonight

August 24, 2018August 14, 2022
Selfies with soldiers

Selfies With Soldiers: No One Shot At Us Then

August 16, 2018August 14, 2022
We have not woken up to the new Zimbabwe

We Have Not Woken Up To The New Zimbabwe We Dreamed Of

August 3, 2018August 14, 2022
Change Zimbabwe is not normal to live like this

Change Zimbabwe! It’s Not Normal To Live Like This

July 27, 2018August 14, 2022
Courage Zimbabwe the time for change has come

Courage Zimbabwe: The Time For Change Has Come

July 21, 2018September 5, 2022
Hogwash Bulawayo isnt Bulawayo

Hogwash! Bulawayo Isn’t In Darfur!

July 14, 2018August 14, 2022
Not repeating the mistakes of 2013

Not Repeating The Mistakes Of 2013

July 6, 2018August 14, 2022
Big Mack and the tainted wool

Big Mac And The Tainted Wool

June 29, 2018August 14, 2022
When Winners Are Losers

When Winners Are Losers

June 22, 2018August 19, 2022
Does a leopard ever change its spots

Does A Leopard Ever Change Its Spots?

June 8, 2018August 14, 2022
Nothing to go back to

Nothing To Go Back To

May 24, 2018September 6, 2022
Life is tough the human face of Zimbabwes land chaos

Life Is Tough: The Human Faces Of Zimbabwe’s “Land Chaos”

May 11, 2018August 14, 2022
The call of the nightjar

The Call Of The Nightjar

April 26, 2018August 14, 2022
Zimbabwes first Mugabe Free Independance

Zimbabwe’s First Mugabe-Free Independence

April 13, 2018August 14, 2022
The honeymoon is over

The Honeymoon Is Over

March 30, 2018August 14, 2022

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