Plumtree water smart meter It's not everyday you find me writing a story from Plumtree. A story finding its way on these pages would have made an impact in my day to day activities at this western corner of Zimbabwe. Sometimes life can be rough and at times life can be good - Life goes … Continue reading Joe’s stories from Plumtree-3: No,its not smart to install smart water-meters without the water @PlumtreeTownCouncil →

FILE PHOTO: Law Enforcement Agents on joint inspection of the poisoned elephant carcases in Hwange National Park It was a scandal of massive proportions. A well orchestrated crime syndicate where cyanide was used to poison targeted water wells in the vast Hwange National Park (HNP)- the main target being elephants for ivory. This crime syndicate … Continue reading Cyanide Poisoning for Elephant Tusks: A Re-look at the Wildlife Crime Investigations which were never concluded →

Part of the group of 131 youths arrested by Bulawayo Police in April,2019Photo Credit: The Chronicle Newspaper,Bulawayo By now preparations are at an advanced stage or the June session of the Zimbabwe's Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examinations are in progress. I wish them well in their examinations. What has been bothering me though is … Continue reading “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”: Parents not coming to the ‘party’ – VUZU parties and youth misbehaviour in Zimbabwe →

#ThumaMina #NewDawn 📷 https://Twitter.com/PresidencyZA "I, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, swear that I will be faithful to the Republic of South Africa and will obey, observe, uphold and maintain the Constitution and all other law of the Republic and devote myself to the well-being of the Republic and all of its people. So help me God." Twitter, … Continue reading President Ramaphosa muckrack first before you make South Africa a Mandela Country →

File Photo: Unknown Source If Law is the king on the chessboard of crime fighting, then Criminology is the queen. Having the distinct advantage of being a multidisciplinary field, with diverse subfields such as criminalistics - with further subfields such as Physics, chemistry, Forensic Science, etc - Criminal Anthropology, Criminal sociology, etc and the choice … Continue reading Justice Takuva hit the sweet spot: Zimbabwe must recognise and embrace Criminology →

A climate controlled field of Cannabis/Marijuana/dagga/mbanjeIMAGE SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES Zimbabwe Republic Police, Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga's statement, "We feel cheated and let down by these light sentences being given to drug offenders because we are working so hard to fight drug abuse and drug trafficking," when he appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health and … Continue reading Where is the Zimbabwe National Drug Policy? →

ZIMRA Warehouse on Fire, Beitbridge 2014 When public buildings are burned down people take notice. Hospitals and State Warehouses have been gutted lately. What could be the cause of these fires? Kariba District Hospital was gutted by fire recently. According to press reports, the pharmacy, X-Ray Department, emergency and casualty departments and the main theatre … Continue reading Are the fires accidental, deliberate or mechanical? →

Ziziphus abyssinica (Musawu) Tree: The 'Chicken Run' I enjoy my sleep, especially during the night. However, I am sensitive to three things- sound, light and nightmares. Any slightest movement or sound wakes me up. I can't fall asleep with lights on. Nightmares freak me out. I can simply switch off the light and then drifts … Continue reading Joe’s stories from Plumtree- 1: I wonder if these animals have owners →

Desperate times calls for desperate measures-so the clique goes. Not for me. I wouldn't entrust an unregistered Immigration agent with my passport. But desperate Zimbabweans without adequate Immigration documents have resorted to these people to sort out their stay in South Africa or Botswana. According to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on the … Continue reading Passport: Your Identity Abroad →