Archive for February 2015
Money laundering in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe money laundering given a whole new meaning.
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How Rotten for Daphne
Love him or hate him. Billy Conolly: How Rotten For Daphne from his album A Change is as Good as a Rest. “It was so long ago, it was as if it never happened at all…” Listen to the audio clip for the rest.
Read MoreCOMING SOON – A spy story about drought resistant crops in famine-prone Africa.
The Itinerant History Teacher By Angus Shaw PROLOGUE Dammit. The Internet, the smartphone and Wikipedia have killed me. I am a history teacher no-one needs. People can get what they want with the click of a mouse or a tap on an App. I get work at Third World institutions where there is still some mix…
Read MoreFreshwater crayfish, breeding out of control, threaten aquatic ecosystems
Scientists in Zimbabwe believe a fresh water crayfish brought from Australia is breeding out of control in the northern Kariba lake, devouring the food sources of other fish and putting the nation’s entire aquatic ecosystem at risk. Staff at the Zimbabwe University lakeshore research station say the red claw crayfish, introduced a decade ago for…
Read MoreHeart of Darkness
Thembi, a lovely and heart warming child, was admitted to Parirenyatwa hospital in Harare after her mother sold some of her furniture to pay for admission. She died at the age of nine. Thembi was a bundle of joy to all who knew her. Her school reports were excellent. She died of kidney complications. As…
Read MoreRadical Jihad: a question of interpretation on killing, the virgins of Paradise…
It is said that unless you speak fluent Arabic, you’ll never fully understand its nuances in translation. Interpretations are chosen by individuals or embedded by radical teachings influencing even the very young. That may variously be called indoctrination, conditioning, even ‘brainwashing’ Promises English readings from the Qur’an promise those in Paradise will be rewarded with…
Read MoreThe Demise of the Newspaper
Soon our metalwork artists will have to change from this man reading a newspaper to someone reading a smartphone or texting on a park bench. Using mobiles has got so bad in Singapore authorities there have started broadcasting loudspeaker notices warning pedestrians to look up every few moments to see obstacles ahead or, if travelling…
Read MoreThe numbers game: More about money
Visitors to Zimbabwe are snapping up old, defunct Zimbabwe bank notes, preferring them to some traditional African curios and souvenirs of the country’s acclaimed stone sculpture. Most sought after is the one hundred trillion Zimbabwe dollar bill, the highest denomination when the currency was abandoned in 2009 and the American dollar became legal tender. It…
Read MoreIt’s Just Another Brick in The Wall
A brick dated c. 1912 Builders in Mbuya Nehanda have unearthed the original bricks of some of the first hard standing buildings in what was then the centre of the city surrounding The Queens Hotel and the Kopjie. A new building is going up on the site of Haddon Hall where this was “just another…
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