Dispatches from Zimbabwe: the uncertainty of everyday life (Pt 1)
Updated on 13 September 2008
Everyday life in Zimbabwe can be chaotic and absurd, as our Zimbabwe blogger "Helen" reveals.
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9 Sep 2008: lack of animal feed destroying dairies
Dairy farmers in Zimbabwe are having to let their cattle starve. 
2 Sep 2008: abandoned and starving in Zimbabwe
Mentally challenged adults are being abandoned with no-one to pay fees and provide clothing or medication.
26 Aug 2008: Parliament opens as patients despair
As Helen watches the opening ceremony of parliament, a friend tells her how patients are struggling to get necessary medicines.
20 Aug 2008: the price of an education
Helen finds unconventional payment for school fees is becoming normal in Zimbabwe.
13 Aug 2008: a shopping trip like no other
The grocery trip I planned would take six days and entail a return journey of 2,400 kilometres.
29 Jul 2008: suffering rises with the prices
Nothing's straightforward in Zimbabwe, as Helen discovers when she tries to pay an electricity bill.
21 Jul 2008: the 811 billion dollar school uniform
Buying a school uniform skirt is no simple matter in Zimbabwe.
8 Jul 2008: missing six zeros
The chaos of everyday banking and shopping.
2 Jul 2008: Harare - calm after the storm
One man's experience of Friday's election.
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