Hey everyone,

​

Wondering if anyone can help me with some information.

​

My father recently died in Zimbabwe and I have been living abroad for years. I have no more family in Zimbabwe. Also no friends there too. Because of health reasons I cannot travel to Zimbabwe for at least the next two years. My late father's employer paid for his funeral. So all that is left is to see if my father left a Will. My father`s employer cannot help me with this information.

​

So is there anyway I can get a copy of the Will whilst I am abroad? He may not have even had a Will in the first place, but I need to find out if he did, and get a copy of the Will if he had one. I tried contacting the Judicial Services of Zimbabwe but they didnt respond. Any ideas about what I can do?

​

Thanks in advance for all of your help!

I am totally obsessed with Sungura after discovering it this weeks. Been listening to a tone of Leonard Dembo and those guitars are AMAZING!!!!

Please - recommend some instrumental albums in this genre because I need more!!!!!!

I would be so so so grateful if anyone could recommend:)

****Scroll to the bottom for Part 3

Part 1 from last time: I’m 16 and recently converted to Islam, how do I go about telling my parent? Mind you they are as stereotypically Zimbabwean and Christian as they can be. Any tips or anyone been through anything similar.

Part 2 from last 3: I don’t necessarily believe I’ll get kicked out because my parents are a bit more progressive due to us being quote on quote “a bit affluent”, secondly because I’m writing my IGCSE exams this year and lastly because my dad’s occupation is a bit “high”/public and having a break out would be something he wouldn’t necessarily want. I’m a bit worried about my mom’s reaction because sometimes when I refuse to attend church or tell them I need to stay home and study she gets agitated but at the same time she knows I’ve got a ton of Muslim friends cause of the school I go to (it’s multi cultural and racially diverse) and she generally finds them as good people for the fact that in Islam we don’t drink, give charity etc., she’s even friends with some of their moms - so now I’m not sure how she’ll take it. My dad on the hand has only recently started taking his faith seriously but I’m not too worried about him cause I know he’ll be over it in no time. I think I’m just really worried about losing extended/being alienated from family ties as most of my friends know and they aren’t too bothered.

Part 3: Ramadan has come and gone and I fasted with ease even though my parents weren’t aware anyways I’ve come up with a set date on when I’m gonna tell them that I’ve reverted (no going back now). Do y’all actually think they’d kick me out ? (I would like to think they wouldn’t) Obviously their response isn’t going to be positive at the get go but how do y’all think it will go and what are some of the questions I might get from them ? Anyways I’ll be back in 2 weeks with an update on how it went…..

Anyone to recommend good movies or shows on DSTV stream …

Hi all

How is everyone managing to make savings, if at all you guys are saving money.

I find it very difficult owing to the fact that the income is little, the necessary expenses are taking up like 2/3rds of the earnings then the rest is robbed between black tax & personal luxuries.

1. How are you doing it where you are?

2. What are you saving for?

If any insurance company starts selling insurance for roora and weddings, would you buy.

Hey everyone,

This is going to be a short post. My boyfriend and I were planning on getting married this year, my parents insisting on a traditional wedding first. It also happens that we're super cash strapped right and will likely be going into the next year. We got the 'roora' list today and it is mind boggling, on one hand it is way less than the tuition my parents payed for my college tuition and on the other hand, it is more than we can reasonably afford. I can't help feeling disappointed as this should merely be a 'token' of appreciation, not feeling like I'm being sold off. I know that not everybody pays it off right away but I would like to have it payed off (who wants debts over their heads and a potentially resentful partner) sooner rather than later. With the increase in cost of living, I feel like they don't empathize with what we're going through. Is it normal to have a $19000 bride price?

I know even posting this is going to feed into the whole narrative about polos being terrible cars to own, but I genuinely think I have been unlucky with the people I have trusted with my car. And it's unfortunate I've paid dearly for it while it's been my first car a 1998 Polo Jung (a simple enough car!). But I find myself in a situation where I have to fix it to get rid of it. Here's what I need done:

• l have a new air intake manifold I want installed.
• l have a new throttle body I want installed.
• My distributor broke so a new one or the one I have tightened.
• My timing reset properly from scratch.

If anyone knows a great polo mechanic they can refer me to, l will be very grateful, thank you.

We are in the pits and look what they are proposing for our flag 😂

Is there any possible way to avoid paying bribe money when been tested for a driver's license?

I'm in the capital and I heard that it's easier in smaller settlements outside the city. Is that true? I don't want to part with $100 because of some lame system😆.

I would like your feedback on the issue of using short hand for formal purposes. We recently advertised a post looking for recent grads. We noticed on the cover letters some kids wrote in short hand. Some of it was quite hard to read as we were all not familiar with short hand and over a paragraph with no full stops you would just loose track of what the author was trying to say. We were a panel of 3 reviewing these CVs. Here are our opinions:

1st panelist (middle aged Dutch guy): This just shows immaturity.

2nd panelist (middle aged Zimbabwean guy): This is a problem with local universities. The standards have gone down.

3rd panelist (i.e me): This may be a problem with phone culture. I think these kids used their phones to send us emails and used the usual short hand.

Personally, I don't blame any university for not teaching formal writing as suggested by the 2nd panelist. I believe this is well taught in primary and high schools.

What are your thoughts on this?