Archive for February 2016

Phew, that’s a relief! Mr Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe has acquired 600,000 tons of grain and staple foods from Ukraine to ward off  starvation. The Grain Millers’ Association calculates that at the height of the  food crisis, Zimbabwe will need to import 120,000 tons a month, or 4,000 tons a day through Mozambique. South Africa’s ports…

A retiree who lives down the road says he has just had a wonderful holiday without leaving town. He switched off all his electronic devices for a week, except for the TV to watch cricket. It may not be practical for everyone. So addictive has the electronic media become, a survey in Britain shows that…

Those unfortunate enough to need protective psychiatric care in Harare are surely among the damned of the earth. The only lock-up is the Annexe at the government’s  main Parirenyatwa Hospital, otherwise known as Ward 12, the psychiatric unit (pictured right) in the former colonial-era Lady Chancellor building. Much as the badly paid nurses and staff…