Tuesday 27.04.2021 A beautiful day with an early start as Johan came through to Marloth Park to pick me up at 7am so that Linda, Johan & I could have our Tonsils & beyond tickled for our COVID 19 in Nelspruit Medi Clinic. All was completed chop-chop and within a matter of 30 Minutes we…
The office is going to be closed while Johan and I do the Bulawayo route. Dave is doing the round trip and Hannes is still on a time out as he has his next round of Chemo on the 28th April 2021.
Dear Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Supporters and Friends, Please find in good order an update on what we are up to currently as well as Daniel Koekemoer’s portion of the trip report for our March trip. Always an awesome read to see things from Dans perspective especially since he has not been up in over…
“I’m still above ground” was the response of one Pensioner in Mutare when Des Becker asked how he was. They’re grateful, they’re positive, resigned, desperate, sad, lonely, happy enough; a mixture of emotions but, mostly, they are funny! A nation of comedians; the old folk of Zimbabwe have a special way of making light out…
Runup to the first trip of 2021 Hannes Botha, founder and Big Chief of the ZPSF has endured a 26-day hospital stay and thus all was on hold and holding a deep breath for a result after his operation. As such we had a scramble for a Truck driver and how to get the ZPSF…
While we are still just coming out of the second wave of the pandemic in SA, with hope for businesses opening up and a slow steady road to economic recovery, the situation on the ground in Zimbabwe is less bright. Drastic measures are needed for the well-being of the Pensioners. Being involved with the Old…
Drum roll…..Boom-tish! With this donation made yesterday, I have reached my target of $1000 USD raised for Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund (ZPSF) through sales of my book “How I Came to be Rhodesian”. In fact, the total donated to date is $1041.39 USD! And I’m not stopping there – I will continue to donate $5…
The ZPSF is happy to announce that TIMOT, a book on National Parks legend Tim Braybrooke is available, and all the proceeds are for the ZPSF. The attached flyer and the paragraph below reveal something about what is in the book, but all that is just the tip of the iceberg!Make no mistake, Timot’s world…
Thanks to Lyn Bezuidenhout for sharing her Story. Are there other folk who will write and tell us what happened in their lives? Not for pity, but to preserve our history, and to help folk understand the huge need. Our Adopt a Golden Oldie 2021 PayPal donate button – https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=TKF5JCEFZZQTQ We hope everyone is keeping…
Our first trip for 2021 was being planned for end of January but due to current circumstances – paperwork delays due to ZIMRA being offline and us not being able to get the necessary Tax Clearance Certificates in order for us to apply for our paperwork, we are on standby so as soon as we…