The Blame Game, Kerol Dip and InFraCoAfrica
Last week after bleating about corruption, low and behold, this week Panorama on BBC runs a story on British American Tobacco (BAT) on...
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Sep 10, 202114 min read
When You No Longer Recognise Corruption and Learning the Consultancy Game
As I write this, many memories come back. When in Harare we collected old CDs with photos from our move to Zambia onwards. I only have a...
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Sep 4, 202110 min read
Chaos and Tranquility, Farm Assistant Days, Life Changer - Han Derksen
That is what it is. Up until last weekend, we spent our time in the Northern Suburbs of Harare venturing only to the fringes of the CBD....
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Aug 27, 202111 min read
House Clearing, Social Meetings, Compensation Contemplation and The Third Rob Shaw Interview
Already into our third week here in Zimbabwe with the house almost empty. Tonight, Friday is our last sleep taking mainly memories, with...
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Aug 20, 202110 min read
HH Wins, Confusing Covid Test Results in Zimbabwe, My Sister's Wedding and The Importance of Title
HH Wins and Positive/Negative Test Results. Which? Big news, an old friend and an erstwhile business partner, Hakainde Hichilema, has...
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Aug 13, 20218 min read
A Present-Day Arrival in Harare Along with My 1972 Arrival in Salisbury
Well, my apologies to you all for the lack of quotes last week. Last week was a nightmare getting the blog posted. As we were leaving for...
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Aug 5, 20218 min read
Rethinking My Blog, Getting Ready for Departure to Africa and Farewell to Dave Baxter
I am going to try and dictate my blog this week as opposed to two finger typing. I've tried to dictate previously and failed miserably....
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Jul 30, 20219 min read
House Sale, Blog Restructure, Coincidences Do Occur and Rob Shaw’s Podcast
“Your stuff does not own the home; either control your belongings, or they will control you. - Author: Janet Morris So many of my friends...
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Jul 23, 202113 min read
New Age Confusion, Paddy’s Farm and the Jatropha
Each week I have to decide what I’m going to write about. My opening paragraph is normally spontaneous related to something that’s come...
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Jul 16, 202113 min read
Old-Age, Sojourn to England, Consultancy Diversification
I am seventy-two this year, not old in many parts of the world, very old in others. In Africa seventy-two is old. In the world, the...
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Jul 9, 202113 min read
Regenerative What? The End of the Fun, Not Quite. The Opportunity and the Importance of Land Titles
We have had a young agriculturist staying with us over the past weekend. In fact, we had a full house as Siobhan Franklin was still with...
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Jul 2, 202111 min read
Wishing Life to Move Faster, Accusations of Vandalism and Turbulent Investment Times
I got myself hoping for the 1st of July to come around quickly as my phone was fast running out of data. How ridiculous is this? Either...
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Jun 25, 202113 min read
Artificial Lawns, Highfield and the Battle for Survival in Zambia
As I drive through Portugal, in the summer, the country is generally brown and arid. Suddenly, I see ahead a splash of green lawn. I...
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Jun 18, 202112 min read
Respect, Good News Medically, Doune and Start-up Hard Lessons
Respect Standing in the queue for blood samples to be taken, it struck me how orderly the queue was. The Portuguese by nature seem to be...
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Jun 11, 202111 min read
"Correctness" Madness, More College Shenanigans, Tough Start-ups. Nothing Is Ever Easy In Farming.
As a teenager, imagine you write something on your electronic device, maybe not deemed bad at the time but will have a dire effect not...
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