Tagged: Money Matters

Money doesn’t grow on trees …

Money doesn’t grow on trees but there’s plenty of it to be found beneath and beyond. There are risks in getting it out of the ground – gold, that is....

Money baffles brains, as do the ghosts of yesteryear

As the classic tale for us old broke folk recalls: “If they say money talks, mine only says goodbye.” Plenty of money is floating around but it is not coming...

In other words, bugger off …

HARARE, Zimbabwe. As hardships mount, the family who last month hosted a Jeff Bezos-style wedding wants people to stop begging...

Singing the blues at World Cup 26

Whatever you think of football, love it or hate it, the World Cup is singing the blues this time...

The Big, the Bad and the Hurt

As the southern hemisphere winter takes hold, hundreds of homes are being demolished, leaving families without shelter shivering and chilled...

King Hez enters the fray

In Biblical times King Hezekiah prayed to be granted more time on the throne, believing he was indispensable to his...

Born to Suffer

It has just been the country’s 46th anniversary of independence from colonial rule. A stark reality is that only 9%...

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When will we ever learn?

Click below. Country Joe and the Fish. Have a quick listen to this classic anti-war song of 1969. Then flip...

Around and around we go …

It’s all spinning out of control but those who can unspin it either can’t or won’t. Here in my lil’...

Freedom fails to deliver

What on earth is freedom? It is usually defined as freedom of expression, freedom of worship, freedom from fear and...

Anyone for cricket? It’s World Cup time again

The late Robert Mugabe once famously described cricket as “a civilising influence.” It “creates good gentlemen. I want everyone in...