Posts by Angus Shaw

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…

Harare – The washing machine cycle takes about 45 minutes _ and George Washington comes out much cleaner than before in Zimbabwe-style laundering of dirty money. One US$ bill has been circulating hereabouts since 1999 when Lawrence H. Summers’ signature was put on it during his three-year tenure as Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.  It…