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Mar 8, 20248 min read
The Onslaught On European Farmers. State of Play on Land in Zimbabwe 1993 and A Meeting with Mugabe.
The Onslaught On European Farmers. I said I would update you on my health this week, but I lied. This is because my appointment with the...
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Mar 1, 20246 min read
The Deadly Internet. My Namibian Odyssey Continued.
The Deadly Internet. I will not discuss my medical for the second week in this blog. It is nice to be able to do that, although next...
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Feb 23, 20247 min read
The Unknown Secrets of Madeira Bananas. Dr Jerry’s Eventful Trip to Namibia and SACU Farmers Unions Meet.
The Unknown Secrets of Madeira Bananas. Rozanne and I, for the first five years of living in Portugal, often wondered why bananas...
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Feb 16, 20248 min read
Not Great Health News. The Macabre ‘I Wish’ SpreadSheet. The True Nature of the Land Issue.
Not Great Health News. Before I posted last week's Blog, I had a medical review with my stomach oncologist. The surgeon who removed the...
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Feb 9, 20248 min read
Comments and Criticism Welcome. Grand Lies and The Seismic Change to Agricultural Marketing in Zimbabwe.
Comments and Criticism Welcome. I have a small following of readers who regularly pass comments on my blog. Some openly sympathise with...
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Feb 2, 20246 min read
A Musical Evening. No Restitution Wanted by Me. Transparent Southern Africa Commercial Framers Alliance(SACFA)
A Musical Evening. When I was at the local government clinic, Centro de Saúde, having the twenty-seven staples removed from my stomach...
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Jan 26, 20249 min read
An Unexpected Medical Challenge. The Passing of Two Highly Respected Zimbabwean Farmers.
An Unexpected Medical Challenge. “At New Year, I said I would be girding my loins for the year ahead in my battle with cancer. Suddenly,...
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Jan 19, 20241 min read
Peter’s Latest Adventure.
Back at Coimbra University Hospital once more, Peter's grappling with a bout of appendicitis this time around. It all started this past...
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Jan 12, 20249 min read
Is It a Judas Goat? Some Thoughts on Wilding. Early 1993.
Is It a Judas Goat? I have had a number of requests in relation to my thoughts on PROFCA and the Farm Compensation Agreement (FCA). It...
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Jan 5, 20246 min read
No Resolutions and Nazaré. My Farming Routine and the Confusing Unseen Farmers Compensation Agreement (FCA).
Many years ago, I decided to remove some of the recurring annual stress I would burden myself with by making New Year's resolutions. Like...
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Dec 29, 20235 min read
Reflections of Auld Lang Syne.
“In your youth, you look forward to the New Year with fearless enthusiasm; in middle age, no matter what, you hope the next year will be...
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Dec 22, 20236 min read
Yet Another Year Gone By and Some Memories of December 1992.
“The end of the year is always a time for reflection on the year gone by. As we age we are more inclined to reflect on our whole life.”-...
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Dec 15, 20238 min read
The Complexity Of Wilding. So Much Water, None to Pump.
I have not mentioned my medical status recently. For the cancer, I have been told I am under surveillance. I am awaiting a further update...
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Dec 9, 20237 min read
Missive or Misgivings. Marketing Changes.
Missive or Misgivings. This week, my old friend Vernon Nicolle, whom I have not seen for many years, sent me, and I am sure many others,...
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Dec 1, 20239 min read
PROFCA. Why? What? Funding Farmers Following the 1992 Drought and Water Wars.
PROFCA. Why? What? Like many Zimbabwean Title Deed Holders (TDHs), I received sight of a promotional video through social media...
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