I stopped in my tracks. That was my uncle Bhetshu. What was happening? We had been together just a few minutes before heading northward towards home. We were herding two heifers that had earlier gone missing and had been left behind when the rest of the cattle went home. I had been walking in between…
I have heard of numerous stories of daylight robberies. Some are very scary, and others are mind boggling. But, while we fear that it might happen to us, it never seems probable. I still am wrestling to understand how I could have been robbed in the middle of the city of Harare before dark, without…
Lindiwe’s account “Bye Aunt Lindi!” “Bye Gogo!” I responded, starting the car on a steep slope to the gate. Instead of the car moving up forward, it started sliding backwards. I tried to engage the brakes. Nothing worked. Gogo started shouting, “Batai mabreki! Batai mabreki! Hold the brakes!” The car just kept on moving backwards.…
“Angie enough is enough!” said Auntie looking very angry. “I have told you time and again that I am not going to pay for the textbooks that you lost. If you are not going to collect your results because of your carelessness, that is not my problem. Your cousins here always exercised care. One reaps what one…
Embracing My Dream She is young. She is still at university. But she has been running her own company, AK Maths & Science Academy for five years now and she is planning to fly with it. Who is she? How did it all start, when so many are struggling to make ends meet and put…
