The Sadness Of Being Right.
Hannes Wessels On the 18th April it was the 45th anniversary of Zimbabwe’s independence and a time for reflection. The response from millions of impoverished people was a desultory one…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, I really wasn’t going to write a newsletter this week and was going to advise that the 3Ms are here with us from London this week,…
White Farmer Conundrum
By Andrew Field Zimbabwe’s government announced its first remittances under the Global Compensation Agreement (GCA) in April 2025, disbursing US $3 million to dispossessed farmers, representing 1% of the total…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 6 April – Sunday 13 April: On Sunday, top U.S. officials said over 50 countries have reached out to begin negotiations in response to President Trump’s sweeping…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Politically we are on a cliff edge. The question that every commentator is asking is; will the GNU survive? The ANC’s NEC held a meeting on…
The Terrifying Truth About Britain.
Hannes Wessels, After reading a report in the The Times this morning I did something I never thought I would have to do; I immediately decided to send a stern…
The Treatment of Snake Envenomation in Southern Africa
Dr. John Pridgeon Having been a keen amateur herpetologist, since before I could spell the word snake, the treatment of that potentially fatal mishap called “a snake bite” has always…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 30 March – Sunday 6 April: On Sunday, a German start-up, Isar Aerospace, launched its Spectrum rocket from a spaceport in northern Norway, the first orbital-capable rocket…
Et Tu, Blessing
By Andrew Field, Factional divisions within the ruling party, ZANU-PF, have raised tensions giving rise to a little public anxiety surrounding organized demonstrations in Zimbabwe that were set for the…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Our news this week has been consumed by the urgency to get the budget passed and how almost all the parties in the GNU (Government of…