An apt United Nations graphic on why wetlands should not be built upon - something some of us have been...
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Catching up in lockdown
IN ANOTHER LIFE? An Argentine correspondent researching the matter tells me that one Angus Shaw was shot dead with 40...
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A Bridge Too Far
Our Zimbabwe government boasts it has opened a nice new bridge in rural Mvurwi that cost of up to US$...
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Haiti, I always wondered why – and more now with the hand-wringing over history
Having been to Haiti in my professional meanderings a while ago, I have often wondered what made it such a...
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Walking backwards to the Dark Ages. Is there no shame?
A leading light in agriculture for many years recalls starting his farm in untouched bush in the early 1960s. At...
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Power crisis: where has all the money gone, long time passing?
What a life. Endless electricity cuts of around 10 hours a day, endless petrol queues and endless consumer price increases...
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Flying high for the few
As Mr Mnangagwa gets a luxury jet to fly from Harare to Bulawayo, his people insist the plane is on...
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Water, water, what a mess
Bravo, bravo to the gallant conservationists who have stopped construction work on the Monovale vlei and wetlands. Opposition to their...
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What a palaver
So grandfatherly old Mr Biden kissed a woman’s hair on the back of her head. He touched noses with another,...
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Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
It goes on and on. Sanctions blah, blah, blah. Economy rebounding, blah, blah, blah, currency collapsing blah, blah blah. A...
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