Wife Selection Guide

This is what my father told me to do if i was to searching for a wife,'mukadzi wekuroora'.

My son, I will be blunt with you.Do not worry about size of a woman buttock or breast but worry about the size of her heart and brain.Worry about the size of her love and endurance.Because after 6 or 12 years ,it will not be about buttock or breast.

Wife Selection Guide

As you can see ,your mum has a flat breast  and almost flat buttock but we still live together happily.I still love her and she still love me .Be careful of woman that love money ,I mean the woman that talks every time about ;hair ,clothes,shoes,bags,panties and make-up.Marriage is not about these things .Without make-up ,clothes,shoes and panties a good marriage will stand but without love,no marriage can stand.

When I got married ton  your mum, Did not have a car or house of my own,I was not even educated but I had dreams and she appreciated and supported me.Any woman that does not support your dreams is not worth thinking a minute about,There are women that will see your dreams better than you,you are lucky if you find one My son ,open your ears very well ,there is a kind of woman  you should avoid ,do not make a mistake to marry this kind of woman or  you will regret it .I mean a woman  that is always has bad things to say about everyone .If you this kind run away.One of the worst kind of woman you can marry is the one that complain about everything.If you buy this,she says that you should buy that.Please stay away .Most woman enjoy talking but the one who talks two hours and listen for two minutes is a potential bomb,be wise,be very careful of a pretending woman.She is not hard to know ,she will know everything .

No woman is perfect, if you see a woman  who believes in your dreams,who respects you,who is committed and who is not all about herself alone then let her go.But remember you must not be a wayward man .I have trained you ,if you find a good woman but you are a bad man ,you will not have good marriage.I will not pick a woman for you but I have given you my advice ,when you find her ,bring her for my blessings.

May you find a woman that will increase you not decrease you.I wish you all the best my son.

By Kurai Muvadi

Count Your Blessings

Having lost my mother eleven years ago the only constant in my life has been my father.

Count Your Blessings

On the twelfth of October 2015, we celebrated his ninety-first birthday.He has been around for a very long time hey,It was in 2014 that we, my siblings and I thought of and organisedb  a surprise party for him.It suddenly dawned on us how blessed we were to have him in our lives.

My eldest sister,her second born son and I were the only ones who could make it from the various towns were we now live.The other sister was in the diaspora hustling,She is the one who let the cat ouit of the bag ,since she had to call early in the morning to wish him a happy birthday,.His instincts had been telling him that something was up.

Anyway ,after the cat got out, preparations continued and at ten we started the vert intimate party we had planned.He had a smile stretching from ear to ear.When we finally got out the presents ,his joy was overflowing.

It took a tale from one of my nephews for the truth to sink in .We are indeed very fortunate to stiull have him in our lives.

Violence Begets Violence

Well, whether black or white ,no one deserves to die like a rat.This is one of the times we are compelled to introspect, believe me there is no dispute solved by violence.Call it whatever you will;either Americans against terrorists or holy wars in the case of Islamists/Muslims ,the issue is the escalation of the death toll.

Violence Begets Violence

When we look at it closely ,ever since the these wars have started in Afghanistan,Israel,Palestine,Syria, no solutions have been found.People who continue to die are innocent.This extremism is more lethal than all the nuclear reserves in the entire world.It calls for everyone to act and castigate violence.

Are we sane enough to co habitat in one world and tolerate each others views?

By Elias Mangwende

Extra-city Coach Operator Makes Passengers Relieve Themselves In Bushes

Whenever I travel to Bulawayo ,I board an Extra-city coach,but since discovering that they make their passengers relieve themselves at ba layby along the highway,I swear that is the last time i use their service.

Extra-city Coach Operator Makes Passengers Relieve Themselves In The Bushes

The host on the coach claims the reason why they opt for the roadside toilet is because the bpublic facilities at the various bus trmini are very dirty.Be that as it may,two wrongs do not make a right.If the operator is serious about the safety of his passengers ,then he could have partnered with one of the municipal councils along the highway to provide a decent public facility for their and other passengers.A sort of community serice perhaps.Should the operator be selfish and not want to spend money on the community then the way to go is buying coaches with onboard facilities.

The problem with most businesses in my country right now is act of just taking without giving anything back.

The Plight Of The Educated Man

Intelligence is super but will not always lead to greatness.Samuel Johnson says 'Great works are performed not by strength ,but by perseverance.'That is how life is structured ;it rewards determination not brilliance.

The Plight Of An Educated Man

Most educational systems celebrate 'smart' students .They are the called the 'A' students ,but rarely will they be top class and cutting edge disciplinrians in real life .For example the late  Dambudzo Mrechera ,who doesnot know of his brilliance and masterpieces?At the end of the day what did he achieve?We can all agree that he had exceptional abilities not harnessed by perseverence.It is quite unfortunate that he died young and had no money nor assets.You may say'I 'am biased ,but the same holds for Albert Einstein.Noone will argue abpout his intelligence ,which was out of this world ,but he died a common death.There is no secret about thus ,determination pays.Thomas Edison ,the electriuc light bulb man, said to achieve one has to increase the rate of failure
.It can be summarised in a simple phrase ,'persevere long enough and you will get it '.

I also want to compare a fundi to a sportsman.If we are to talk about footballers for a start one would notice how early they make it in life.This is because of two condiments ;decisiveness and perseverence.Raheem Sterling ,at the tender age of 19 has made it .He knew that staying with a lukewarm team was not going to help him.Andrea Pirlo,who was a late developer ,spent tens of thousands of hours on the field perfecting his footballing skills.All his life he knew how to discipline himself and stay focussed.

Most of the so called educated people are not decided on what they want.They are tossed about by the wind ,but sports people decide early and persevere until they achieve greatness.More can be said but let me stop .Longer hpours of work without focus and determination will not yield much.

written by Elias Mangwende  

Gweru Bus Terminus Public Facility An Eyesore

The Gweru City Council run ablution facility are the worst i have seen in my travels across the length and breadth of Zimbabwe.

Gweru Bus Terminus Toilets An Eyesore

At the entrance of the public toilets ,one is met with floors covered in black oily looking dirty water.Whether this is sewage or just dirty water is left to one's imagination.Couple this with the offensive stench coming from the urinals and the stalls ,it makes for an unpleasant experience all round.Less than a metre from this despicable sight are hordes of vendors selling their foodstuffs.It is just a matter of time before there is an outbreak of some water-borne epidemic.That this has been going on for quite some time and nobody has done anything about it is in stark contrast to the city's often quoted 'CITY OF PROGRESS' slogan.There is nothing progressive about these public facilities.One wonders where the money charged at the entrance to the terminus is used for.
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Colcom Employees Caught With Their Pants Down

In an apparent symbol of the economic malaise afflicting the country ,two female employees of Colcom in Bulawayo were caught with several kilos of meat strapped to their midriffs.

It is assumed that the pilfering has been going on for quite some time.On the fateful day ,the suspicious security guards stopped the lead female and asked to search her .He met with resistance but after calling for reinforcement in the form of a female guard,the two culprits were uncovered much to the delight of the security guards and the manager of the meat processing plant.

Tales abound of an elaborate plant that included supervisors,security guards who were in on the plot.It is alleged the cabal had customers who would buy the stolen meat.The act smacks of pure greed as all the people involved were formally employed and were fairly well looked after by their employer.It is perhaps an indication of the moral decay in society at the moment.

One wonders whether a few extra dollars could have lead to the two jopardizing their employment.Now they are going to be  the guests of the department of correctional services whilst their children are going to bear the brunt of their mothers' avarice.

Effects Of The Heatweave On My Garden

My reason for waking up cheerfully everyday for the past four months is gone.The lush green veggies of my garden has been affected by the harsh heatwave that has been devastating Zimbabwe in the past month.To add insult to injury ,the borehole whose spillage i depended on for the watering of my garden has broken down.

Effects Of The Heatwave On My Garden

However,I take solace from the resilient spinach crop ,which at the height of the sun's heat wilts and lie on the ground ,come half past four in the evening they show signs of revival and morning ,it is up again .Maybe one can draw lessons from these.One of never giving up or losing hope .No matter how dare a situation might seem there is always light at the end of the tunnel.

Here is to hoping that the rains will fall soon and will quench the collective thirst of human,plant and beast.

Basotho Women Crazy About Foreigners

Basotho womens fascination with all things foreign has had quite a horrific consequences over the years.The one case which is typical of the ordeals they have suffered is the one of Matsiliso ,who is alleged to have been gunned down by her Danish husband fir fear that she would turn state witness and nail him for genital mutilation.The case is before the South African courts as i write

Basotho Women Crazy About Foreigners

During my visits to Lesotho, i experienced this fascination first hand .Nigerians,Zimbabweans,Zambians are top of the list of foreign husbands of choice .Most of these men use the women shamelessly for their own advancement ,to get Sesotho citizenship.Sexual gratification as well as cheap labour for their small businesses before dumping them without a second thought.

Some of the women i talked to openly declared that foreign men were better lovers both physically and emotionally.They claim that foreigners knew how to look after their ladies .Whether this is true or just a myth is open to debate.That is the mindset of the average Mosotho lady,which foreigners exploit to the hilt.

In one of the urban settlements,Haleqele ,the number of children seven years and under who have been sired by Zimbabweans is frightening.There has been an influx of young Zimbabwean males visiting for the purpose of informal trade .Soon the town will have a teeming Zimbabwean community.I do not believe these fathers bother to think of the fact that they will definitely carry the stigma through out their lives.Very few fathers actually marry their baby mamas .To them it is just a means of letting off steam.With the prevelence of H.I.V and A.I.D.S one would assume that these adults would play it safe.

The stigma is not only confined to the offspring ,as the mothers are also painted with the same brush.They are referred to as the 'Mathikatsi' ,loose women who sleep with foreigners.Their chances of marrying Basotho men are almost none existent as they as regarded as rotten apples.

Village Philanderer Bashed By Competitor

A local village wife who is in the habit of flaunting her husband's jewels and sleeping with most of the local men got more than she bargained for when she tangled with a married man.

Village Philanderer Bashed By Competitor

The woman, who is the source of village gossip,is well known for having affairs with all and sundry in the village and surrounding areas.She openly cuckolds her husband of ten years .It has got the extend where the sister-in-law came and ejected her from the family home and forced her to go and build her own homestead as the family was afraid that she would cause the mother-in-law to have a fit because of her shenanigans of bringing suitors to the home and she would keep the whole family awake with her screams whilst in the throes of ecstasy at the hands of various lovers .Her in-laws report that she carelessly deposed of the spent condoms at the back of her bedroom,endangering her children as well as the village children.

This time however,she tangled with the  wrong woman,The scorned woman heard about her tryst with her husband and she didn't take it lying down.She came visiting with vengeance in her heart and bashed the village flossy to a pulp whilst the other women from the village egged her on.

Most villagers agreed that the punishment was long overdue.We wait to see whether the thrashing will heal her itch.
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The Breast Cancer Sufferer Succumbs To The Disease

The old lady whom i wrote about previously succumbed to the cancer that was ravaging her body.

Breast Cancer Sufferer Succumbs To The Disease

What emerged during the funeral is a sordid story of neglect and abuse at the hands of her children.She bore four sons ,all grown up and working .They have all married ,except for one son ,they all live at the family home with their spouses.What irked the relatives of the deceased  was the tales of neglect at the act of these daughters-in-law especially at a time when the mother in law was sick.They never lifted a finger to help her.Since she did not bare a daughter ,her sister's daughters would come and help her out.Even when she ran out of food supplies  it is alleged that the daughtr-in-law would never give her anythig despite the fact that they were living in her home rentfree.

As I write ,one of the daughters-in-law,whose mother was also staying at the deceased's home ,now wants to move into the rooms where the deceased used to use.This has prompted protests and arguments of unfairness from the other spouses.

If one  cannot take care of their parents especially in their hours of need, then what is our purpose in life.

Road Rage

The adoption of the US dollar by our government has made it possible for citizens to buy second hand cars from dealers in Asian countries at an unprecedented rate.This lead to a myriad of problems ,one of which is the road rage from disgruntled road users.

Road Rage

The proliferation of cars on our roads,coupled with the helter-skelter driving of public transport vehicles.the sixteen seater vehicles,our roads have become both congested scary to drive on.The kombi-drivers simply do not care for other road users as they Scrabble for the scarce fare paying passengers.They will stop anywhere especially in the middle of the road ,in order to pick up passengers .The inconvenience to the drivers of private vehicles is huge.One has to be careful in order to ensure that they safely negotiate the roads.The kombi-drivers are a power unto themselves,they will cut in front of other vehicles,swerve,overtake in front of oncoming traffic.

The blood pressure of most private vehicles shoots through the roof as the 'emergency taxis',this is the name the sixteen seater kombis are referred to here,rush here and there in search of the elusive dollar,so they can meet their daily targets.Many a time the private vehicle drivers resort to road rage ,so that they vent they frustration.

The fact that most roads in the urban centres have potholes does not help either.Most scenes of drivers avoiding potholes and other vehicles is like a horror dodgem car exhibition.

Simple courtesy and sticking to prescribed lanes,could go a long way towards curbing wayward behaviour of these taxi drivers.

When All Hope Is Lost

A mother of three young children, the eldest who is thirteen years old and the youngest a toddler of thirteen months recently ended her life because of debts.

When All Hope Is Lost

She had approached a loan shark ,together with three other women to borrow money to be used for the start of a business venture.The other members were supposed to be joint guarantors of the 500 dollars which every member of the group had borrowed.When the venture she had started folded and she could not repay the loan amount plus interest,she told her brother that she was having financial problems.The desperate woman threatened that should the situation continue then she would end her life.When her sibling heard this he drove to meet and counsel her and left her some money to tide her over.After making two payments ,she clandestinely bought some poison,wrote several letters inform her relatives whom she wanted to take care of her children.Under the cover of darkness she drank the poison.

In the middle of the night,when the toddler needed attention.the mother was unresponsive.The elder sibling woke up to find out what the matter was ,only to find the mother catomase.He promptly called for help from the neighbour,who happens to be a nurse.They asked another neighbour to ferry her to hospital,but she was pronounced dead on arrival.

One should never allow themselves to believe that whatever bad situation they are in will not change.Change is inevitable.Had the lady   asked the lender for relief so could pay a reduced amount,she probably could be alive today.She would be taking care of her children.Her children are in a worse situation because of the action she took.No matter how well the mother's sister will take care of them,they will never see their mother again.depriving them of a mother's love at such a tender age.

Economic Hardships Create Monsters Out Of Citizens

The prevailing economic hardships have entrenched a callous disregard for others as evidenced by the massive mansions being built ,huge S.U.Vs being bought and other grandiose exploits.

Economic Hardships Create Monsters Out Of Citizens

Gone is the culture of sharing and caring for the community that was the stay of the country during the liberation struggle.The new dispensation has led to a fierce class struggle where every Tom,Dick and Harry wants to outdo their neighbours in the status struggle.Stories abound of the individuals who build eighteen or twenty-five bedroom mansions for a typical family of four individuals,Large sums are spent on acquiring the latest state of the art automobiles which are paraded at the slightest opportunity.Complete disregard is paid to the collective suffering in the country.It is a case of each man for himself and the devil takes the hindmost.Simple logic would suggest that if these individuals pooled their resources ,they would easily revive some of the struggling companies and in the process earn a lot of money in dividends when the companies do well.

The situation has got so bad that even church leaders are getting in on the act and are blindly fleecing their flock for their own aggrandisement.

The bibble teaches us in Galations 6;2 'To share each other's troubles and problem,and in this way obey the law of Christ'

Pensioners Fleeced Of Their Hard-Earned Cash

Reports suggest that a very big pension fund's employees have been fleecing pensioners of their retirement funds systematically over the years.

Pensioner Fleeced Of Their Hard-Earned Cash

This came to a head when a pensioner from Mutare queried the non-payment of his monthly pension.The person who dealt with his query is alleged to have informed him that he was being paid through a certain, he denied having an account with that bank.Further digging unearthed the scheme where the correct names were used to open accounts with the bank ,but the identity document was false.The culprits allegedly worked with a corrupt bank official ,who facilitated the opening  of the savings accounts as well as the disbursement of the funds.This collusion must have also included workers at the office responsible for issuing identity cards as one has to go and personally apply for an identity document.

Reliable sources suggest that the investigations uncovered an elaborate scheme and resulted in a few individuals losing their jobs .It is also alleged that one former employee also fleeced the pension fund of close to a million dollars before skipping the country.