Dear Friends:

Here is Cathy Buckle's weekly email, this one about voting
in Zimbabwe in order to receive maize seeds.

Jack Shepherd

--- Forwarded Message ---
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 09:06:56 +0200
From: Cathy Buckle
Subject: Now we'll get the seed
To: African Tears
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Dear Family and Friends,
The first week of November 2006 has been the hottest that
many people can
remember. As I make notes for this letter it is 35 degrees
Celsius at
midday in Marondera - normally a cooler part of the country.
The forecast
is for temperatures to top 38*C in Kwekwe today ...   more »

Friends:

I'm catching up with Cathy Buckle. Here is her earlier
account about the banking situation in Zimbabwe.

Jack Shepherd

--- Forwarded Message ---
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:54:42 +0200
From: Cathy Buckle
Subject: Grimy, slimy cardboard
To: African Tears
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Dear Family and Friends,
There were about sixty people standing in a line that snaked
across the car
park outside a post office a few days before the end of the
month. This is
October and the month notorious for seethingly hot
temperatures and this
day was no exception. Before 8.30 in the morning jerseys and
jackets had
...   more »

Friends:

Here is an article about the Mugabe government in Zimbabwe,
from Eddie Cross in Bulawayo. (I am having difficulty
forwarding this, so if it is a repeat please let me know.)

Jack Shepherd

--- Forwarded Message ---
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:10:03 +0200
From: "Peter Soal"
Subject: Eddie Cross
To:
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How long, oh Lord?

Perhaps this has been the most common question that I have
been asked in
recent weeks. People look at me anxiously and hope for an
indication
that things are not as bad as they seem and that there is
some hope that
this ...   more »