Tagged: Corruption

Buckets full of bull

So much bull around these days it’s hard to keep up. Who is the craziest billionaire of them all? No prizes for an answer because it’s all in the...

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...

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...

Buckets full of bull

So much bull around these days it’s hard to keep up. Who is the craziest billionaire of them all?...

Felicity Wood: Another legend gone

Harare, Zimbabwe Felicity Wood, a beacon in our contemporary history, has died after a long and fearful battle with cancer....

Monkey business in Milton Park

Charlie, the young vervet monkey, was dead, heartlessly gunned down in the leafy Harare suburb of Milton Park. For about...

Cocaine, Ukraine and the French

The French have found it necessary to deny that Monsieur Macron and his British and German buddies Starmer and Merz...

So farewell then …

As the Jesuits used to say: Give us the boy and we'll keep the man, no matter his digressions in...

Easter tidings. Just saying …

In the Christian faith Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus and the Almighty's victory over sin and death and symbolises...

Dizzying trillions

There's much being said across the ocean about how many trillions are to be gained from new trade policies and...

Weekend read: Dildos in the Mist

The local store has started selling coffee from faraway Rwanda, reminding me of my visits there, before, during and after...

Food for thought …

The famed fast food outlet in South Africa has donated children's desks to a...

Juggling with names

Col. Sanders' finger licking' Kentucky Fried Chicken has moved its headquarters from Kentucky to Texas. It has outlets in more...