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Africa Zimbabwe blog: the uncertainty of everyday life

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Last Modified: 13 Sep 2008
By: Guest blogger

Everyday life in Zimbabwe can be chaotic and absurd, as our Zimbabwe blogger "Helen" reveals.

Read Helen's latest blogs

Click on the image below to read our Zimbabwe blogger's latest blogs.

Lack of animal feed destroying Zimbabwe's dairy

Dairy farmers in Zimbabwe are having to let their cattle starve.

Abandoned and starving in Zimbabwe

Mentally challenged adults are being abandoned with no-one to pay fees and provide clothing or medication.

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.

The price of an education

Helen finds unconventional payment for school fees is becoming normal in Zimbabwe.

A shopping trip like no other

The grocery trip I planned would take six days and entail a return journey of 2,400 kilometres.

Suffering rises with the prices

Nothing's straightforward in Zimbabwe, as Helen discovers when she tries to pay an electricity bill.

The 811 billion dollar school uniform

Buying a school uniform skirt is no simple matter in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe: missing six zeros

The chaos of everyday banking and shopping.

Harare: calm after the storm

One man's experience of Friday's election.

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