ANGUS SHAW Blog

More troubles ahead. Mayday Mayday Mayday Part Two

More troubles lie ahead.  Current food harvests are woefully inadequate. FEWS NET, the international non-government Famine Early Warning Systems Network, in its new April report just out, says food production...

The envy of Zimbabwe’s street fighters

  The Floyd Mayweather ‘Fight of the Century’ against Manny Pacquiao is done and dusted. It enthralled Zimbabweans, especially those for whom Manny’s background resonated. He started out living hand-to-mouth...

Mayday Mayday Mayday

The furnaces at the New Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company have long been extinguished Engines of growth? NRZ is operating at 15 percent of its capacity   Mayday Mayday Mayday...

Poor old Charlie

Charlie got a hole in one on the ninth. In his last will and testament he asked that his ashes be sprinkled on the ninth green and fairway. And so...

Identity crisis

  They found the passport office in the ruins of Mogadishu and gave them out as  new identity documents for a fee. The idea was that they would be recognised...

Danger: Politics, harmful to health

Bored with the British election coverage? Who is going to swing where? According to The Guardian, the average Briton worries about the personalities and the policies for about two weeks...