Howzit It is now well gone 9am and I am only just beginning the day's posting - primarily because it was almost 4am before I finally fell asleep. I am unable to tell you exactly why I didn't do my normal and fall asleep immediately - but I will say... [view entry]

Howzit Yesterday, did I not question where all the money had gone? Well, it appears that I am not the only one that is asking questions... "The Zimbabwean military and senior figures in Robert Mugabe's ZANU PF party are making millions from a diamond field where hundreds of miners were... [view entry]

Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- I woke this morning to the news that Farrah Fawcett had died of cancer aged 62... ...and then the news that Michael Jackson had died at the age of just 50. A sad day indeed for the acting and music world. -o00o- Early last... [view entry]

Howzit After much deliberation, I decided that my book "Without Honour" should be made available for free reading on the internet. And so I created a blog on which it appears. You will see, if you visit the page, that I am still in the process of sorting out the... [view entry]

Howzit My apologies for the lateness of this posting - once again, I had domestic responsibilities elsewhere which took precedence. -o00o- Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- When I read this article, it was evident that it was written by a pro-Mugabe sympathiser. It only looks at the United Kingdom denying... [view entry]

Howzit I made sure that I watched Morgan Tsvangirai as he was interviewed on BBC television by Andrew Marr on Sunday morning, and then again yesterday he was briefly on Sky News. The one thing that struck me was his ability to talk without notes - and make sense. Tsvangirai... [view entry]

HowzitForeign currency mid-rates updated.-o00o-If we didn't know any better, we would be forgiven in thinking that there had been no election last year, or indeed, that the election in March 2008 was won hands down by ZANU PF.Anything that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai tries, any new idea or change he... [view entry]

Howzit Yesterday was a most enjoyable day. Not only was it nice to be outside and mix with like-minded people, in many instances, it was good to put faces to names of people that I have communicated electronically. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, and I think my family did as well... [view entry]

Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- Just a simple reminder that there will be no posting tomorrow. -o00o- Mugabe may have been caught out, but the report that will be generated by Khan's visit will be ignored, or very little action will result. Mugabe doesn't care who sees what; he... [view entry]

Howzit I was made aware of this story yesterday (and I published it on "Messages from Zimbabwe") - but, on the face of it, nothing has changed in Zimbabwe. The police still beat and arrest civil protesters and the world sits by and does nothing. "A peaceful march by members... [view entry]