TRIP REPORT FEBRUARY 2023 – DANIEL KOEKEMOER Bulawayo, Bullies, Sky (If I remember)! I’d forgotten what a diverse, flowery, entertaining & awkward city this is! “Never a dull moment” has never been truer. Because my PDP ( Public driving permit) had expired I couldn’t take the truck on my normal route through Gweru, Chinhoyi, Harare,…
Dear Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Supporters and Friends, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a prosperous and healthy 2023 from all of us on the ZPSF team and on behalf of our Golden Oldies. Please find in good order what we are up to at the moment…
Tick tok, Tick tok. We in the final countdown for our last “Magic trip” of 2022. A HUGE thank you to everyone who has supported our Christmas 2022 run. We managed to get everyone adopted. This is going to be an incredible trip albeit an upside down one, but hey with the way 2022 has…
On Friday 23 September 2022 I leave in the truck for the second-last delivery run for the year to Zimbabwe. I do some last-minute shopping in Nelspruit and head for Musina where I spend the night with Hester Joubert and family. I get into some interesting conversation with her brother, Willem Ferreira who told me…
Dear Friends and Supporters, Please find in good order our September 2022 trip reports written by Johan Schultz who did the deliveries with the help of Hannes Jovner and Shannon Wheeler on this incredibly upside down trip. Just a quick update on our Adopt and Goldie Oldie Campaign. We have 430 Boxes for our Golden…
A quick word from me at the ZPSF office. We are currently going full tilt with the final preparations for our September trip which will be commencing within the next few days. It currently looks like Johan will be doing most of the trip with the UD 90 including the Bulawayo deliveries as we have…
Another adventure planned for us to visit Zimbabwe started with most of the main highways around us being blocked by civil unrest a week before the planned trip, stock delivered was mixed up and the more needed stock arriving a week late. Dave Austen was ready and geared to go, Linda and I…
On Monday 2 May 2022, after a short meeting Dave Austen, the paperwork is in order, and we’re ready for the trip. The ZPSF truck leaves Malelane for Musina at 08:00. I, Johan Schultz do the last-minute shopping and get on the road by 10:00 in the bakkie. We both have an uneventful drive and…
The return of our annual No Coffee Day by the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund, this is our way to let the World know of and show their support for our Golden Oldies still in Zimbabwe, whom we have been helping to support with food aid parcels and basic medical supplies for over 20years. Our Golden…
Dear friends and supporters, I would like to apologize for the radio silence but as I am sure many of you have already heard of the news of the passing of our beloved father, hero and a true Legend. Johannes Lodewikus Botha, was born on the 13 February 1953 to James Johannes Peter and Maria…