There was a loud bang, and the bus veered off the Harare-Bulawayo highway. It swerved into the roadside ditch and crashed on its side, plunging the…
People like things. That is a fact you cannot deny. There is a reason why the now-defunct (thank the gods) News of the World made…
Hello to all our viewers around the world! Welcome to this wonderful Cup Final here at the Giant National Sports Stadium™ in sunny Harare. My…
Following the violence-marred weekend football match between hosts Highlanders and Caps United, I made sure to read match reports from the Bulawayo papers. I only…
It has been a year since I quit my job to work for myself. It has been (obviously) the toughest and most challenging year of…
Looking at me now, you wouldn’t believe I was once a fresh-faced Grade Seven pupil at Hartley Primary school, in mighty Chegutu town. I was…
A shepherd, or sheepherder, is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards herds of sheep. The word stems from an amalgam of sheep herder.…
I turned 35 on Wednesday. I am officially an Old Barley. I fit the stereotype of a grumpy old man, but I do like to…
Not a week passes by without me hearing a story of a mukuwasha who got up and said no, thanks but no thanks, marry your…
Zimbabwe is politically immature. Unfortunately, this immaturity translates to insult laws, and the proscription of lawful assembly and the free dissemination of ideas. It means…
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Zimbabwe’s independence from colonial rule. Today we celebrate casting away the yoke of the hated settler, allowing us to…
So I’m sitting here in my office trying to get some work done, and Bruce is bouncing off the walls with boredom. I eventually convince…