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Why tear Susan Tsvangirai posters?

Why tear Susan Tsvangirai posters?

By Cathy Buckle They say that a picture speaks a thousand words and the one I picked up on the roadside this morning certainly did. I’m not generally in the habit of picking up litter on public roads but this was different. It was the remains of a poster that had been torn off a [...]

Opinion March 9, 2010 10:45 pm 0 comments

Under the carpet: Cathy Buckle

Dear Family and Friends, Every window and door is open, shoes are abandoned, blankets are back in cupboards and now we wait, every day looking upwards, waiting for the rains to come. It’s a blistering hot October and yet shortly after dawn every morning silhouettes appear in the vleis, along the railway lines and even [...]

Opinion October 14, 2009 12:21 pm 0 comments

ZESA starts disconnections in Marondera

By Cathy Buckle After weeks of peculiarly warm weather which wasn’t winter but wasn’t summer, people had begun commenting that even the trees were confused! A large, old Msasa tree standing alone on an urban street corner suddenly dropped all its leaves and produced a glorious canopy of new red leaves. It’s a good six [...]

Opinion July 7, 2009 12:15 pm 0 comments

Cathy Buckle: What Wheat Crop?

By Cathy Buckle Dear Family and Friends, The first little seed of truth was planted in the government controlled Herald newspaper this week. In a report about the country’s annual wheat crop, we were finally told in writing what we already know and can see with our own eyes, which is: What wheat crop! The [...]

Opinion June 15, 2009 4:01 am 0 comments
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