'another day on the buses'

Cathy Buckle’s latest letter from Zimbabwe came today and gives us some idea of what we have to look forward to – we leave for Zimbabwe on Friday! This will be my first Christmas south of the Equator where the temperature is likely to around 30C. Chilled beer and a BBQ is not what I’m [...]

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It’s some time since I’ve posted a letter from Cathy Buckle. Zimbabwe doesn’t make it into the news so frequently these days so I thought that this may act as a reminder that things are little improved. Dear Family and Friends, There’s nothing quite like an ordinary day in Zimbabwe to make you feel pretty [...]

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This video refers to drinking skud in Zimbabwe. The drink was originally called chibuku (after the name of the brewery) and was known as ‘the beer of good cheer’. Originally it was sold in wax cartons similar to milk cartons. Now it’s sold in plastic containers called scuds named after the scud missile and the [...]

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Both Cathy Buckle and my mother-in-law have recently returned to Zimbabwe after a month away. Mother-in-law thoroughly enjoyed her time here in the UK. Her previous visit was at Christmas time so it was a great surprise to her to discover that it could be nice and warm in the UK! She marvelled at many [...]

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It’s a little while since I posted one of Cathy’s letters but this one certainly needs propagating. Dear Family and Friends My son was 8 years old when we were forced off our Marondera farm by war veterans and Zanu PF youths in September 2000. Richard does not remember those very traumatic months that we [...]

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Cathy Buckle’s most recent letter. Three months before Zimbabwe’s 30th anniversary of Independence I happened to get lost in the vast urban sprawl that characterises the outskirts of the capital city, Harare. A huge shanty town lay on both sides of the road and stretched as far as the eye could see. Shacks and shelters [...]

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