Fishing with Leon ‘Dog’ Varley.
By Paul Connolly.* For a long time the two good friends did not speak to each other, but the incident has been forgotten and now they’re in irregular communication. Even…
William Henry Vernon Pridgeon
John Pridgeon William Henry Vernon Pridgeon Circa 1886, a young man by the name of William Henry Pridgeon climbed off a ship bound for Cape Town from England. Among other…
Rough Ride on the Rufiji River
by Hannes Wessels – In sub-Saharan Africa there are few river-systems as wild and wonderful as that of the Rufiji as it wends its way to the sea through the…
‘Dog’ Varley
by Hannes Wessels – When the men who settled Rhodesia decided they needed a place of learning for their sons they positioned it in the harsh, dry country bordering on…
The Parable of Colonialist and Colony.
by August Pointneuf Colonialist was beguiled by this beauty. A compulsion to join forever and create a mutual life of productivity and security were the drivers. There was mutual attraction,…
“BloodNut” Curtis.
By Hannes Wessels – Born in Rhodesia in 1957 Patrick Curtis was blessed with a private-school education but preferred the bush to the books and left academia having learned little.…