Well……….. This is bound to be the most uninteresting trip report ever! Everything went so well with the authorities for a change.
On my trips I always try to lighten a very bleak situation in Zimbabwe by drawing humour from the Ironies, peculiarities, paradoxes & contradictions that Zimbabwe offers. So do the Pensioners! Amidst the despair, these special people find time to laugh and love, forgive and vindicate in a country that has been so cruel to them.
At 05h30 Monday morning, Neels took me to the Pretoria Bus Terminal, where I boarded the bus for Malelane. I arrived at Malelane at 15h30 and was picked up by Hannes and taken to our warehouse. At the warehouse I met Linda and went through the briefing for my trip.
To date we have really had a hectic year, we were supposed to be purchasing our stock in SA from the upcoming April trip however our supplier is in the midst of a strike and cancelled their promotion, so we will once again be purchasing the stock in Zimbabwe for this trip. However we do have all the permits in place (finally) and as soon as they run the promotion we will be placing the order and taking the stock up