Douglas Rogers‘ memoir of his parents and their struggle to survive and keep their farm in Zimbabwe has been getting a lot of attention, mostly because it’s not another one of those solemn white boy in Africa books. No, The Last Resort is full of wry humour and absurdity that drives home some hard truths about life in our neighbouring state. The author was in studio last week to ...

... focus on developed countries, he told the two-day Zimbabwe Trade and Investment Exchange conference in Sandton. ... importance of trade with SA's neighbours, particularly Zimbabwe, where the upside potential was considered to be "huge& ... foreign investment would only work in a reformed environment, he said. Zimbabwe had to rebuild its commercial farming sector, which had always been its tax ...

... the Zimbabwean military. In essence, the KP has taken the position that it is better to keep Zimbabwe within the KP fold and work with it to address the human rights ... put a halt to the abuses taking place in Zimbabwe. However, we are concerned that the work plan could easily serve as ... rights abuses associated with diamond mining. The case of Zimbabwe shows the inadequacy of the KP’s approach. ...

... pitch offered plenty of turn and bounce, but Zimbabwe can’t use that as an excuse as most of the wickets were due to some poor ... Taylor to chip the ball back to the bowler. Zimbabwe were three down in the third over when Charles Coventry played down the wrong line ... domino-style batting collapse continued again, with Zimbabwe losing four wickets in four overs. Two of them were due to some athletic ...

... coming from Kimberley Process investigators who visited Zimbabwe in June and July. Their recommendations are in a confidential report ... southern African country. Their investigators recommended that Zimbabwe either be suspended or voluntarily suspend itself until it has met minimum ... Human Rights Watch called last week for Zimbabwe to be suspended from the Kimberley Process. The international rights ...

... to substantially solve the problems consistently faced in Zimbabwe. Salamao said the meeting is important and will help solve the crisis in ... political parties have restated their commitment to the political agreement in Zimbabwe. Salamao added there is a need to determine what can end the current ... importance Zimbabweans attach to the summit, prices on Zimbabwe's stock exchange rose sharply ...