Coming home

From This is Zimbabwe Mon Apr 30 2012, 02:55:53

"Home" can be defined as a verb. Homing is a return by instinct to one's territory after leaving it.  Zimbabwe is decidedly my home.   Even after 11 years of living in bustling Johannesburg, returning is like visiting an old friend.  Nostalgic and comfortable, but deeply saddening to see how this friend has aged cruelly, failed [...]

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