Rosetta asked me to clear my schedule this week so that I can help work on the community library that Mildred’s Community Based Organization, iThembalethu is building in Swayimane. It will be the first library in Swayimane!
All that we needed to do was paint a little and put bookcases together. There were three of us: [...]

Today was “pension” day in Swayimane when the older generation gets some money from the government. There was a big marketplace right outside where they picked up their money. I guess the idea was that people would get their money and then spend it right there.
It was really interesting to see how Swayimane changed on [...]

For the last two week or so, Wellington and I have been anxiously awaiting the results of the Zimbabwean elections. It’s been a huge story in South Africa. Wellington has been my roommate for the first two months I’m in South Africa. He is a native Zimbabwean and because our living quarters are pretty secluded [...]

For the last two week or so, Wellington and I have been anxiously awaiting the results of the Zimbabwean elections. It’s been a huge story in South Africa. Wellington has been my roommate for the first two months I’m in South Africa. He is a native Zimbabwean and because our living quarters are pretty secluded [...]