The power had just gone off at the factory in the industrial sites and no the factory did not have a hacksaw and no they did not have bolt cutters to cut my order of reinforcing rods. I looked over the wall at the next door businesses and they obviously had made a plan with a generator which is essential for doing business in Zimbabwe when the power goes off. One of the staff caught my look and muttered that the management should do something about getting a generator. I was not too surprised – I had read that this particular company was ina financial fix. Anyway, there was nothing much I could do about it so I took a few photos, gave my phone number to the foreman so he could call me when the job was done and left.
We have a general election coming up either at the end of this month or early in August. Whoever gets into power has to do something about the electricity situation. It is not a very attractive proposition to invest in a country that has a power supply as dependably bad as ours.
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- It’s a boy thing – gears and grease.
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- The shadows appear to form pyramids in the corners of the reinforcing mesh
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- Hooks and stuff. Exactly as I found it.
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- What to do when the power goes off; show your mates your photos on your cell phone!
Zimbabwe Absurdity 
Great photos, some might be good in black and white? Surely there must be still saws? They cut anything with the right blade and some two stroke petrol unless this is also in short supply.
Should be “stihl” saw!!!
If they didn’t have a hacksaw I don’t think a Stihl saw was going to be there. I did try some in B&W but there were subtleties of colour that I rather liked.
I love your blog.. very nice colors & theme. Did you create
this website yourself or did you hire someone to do it for you?
Plz reply as I’m looking to construct my own blog and would like to know where u got this from. thanks
Currently it seems like Movable Type is the top blogging platform
out there right now. (from what I’ve read) Is that what you are using on your blog?