![]() This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. ![]() ![]() This cookie is used for authentication and for secure log-in. It allows the online transaction without storing the credit card information.This service is provided by. This is an important cookie in making credit card transaction on the website. In addition to certain standard Google cookies, reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. The cookie is used by cdn services like CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. DMīernard Chiguvare is a freelance reporter who publishes often with GroundUp. I love my home and wish to stay there, but right now I am not sure how I will manage it financially. If the ZEP ends, I will have to return to Zimbabwe and live at my rural home. Then it was announced that the ZEP would expire in June this year.įor all these years I could manage to support my family by working legally in South Africa. In 2009, the South African government introduced the Dispensation of Zimbabwean Permit, which became the Zimbabwean Special Permit (ZSP) in 2014 and the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) in 2017. But I have started to renovate the place and I plan to extend it. In November last year, I returned to find that the roofs of the rondavel and the house had caved in. I have been told he was seeking work at a mine about 60km east of my home. I eventually found someone to look after the place again, but when he visited his family during the Christmas holiday, he never returned. It was distressing, but I had to remain steadfast, concentrating on the education of my children. I have no idea who did it, but they not only stole everything - our clothes, the three-piece lounge suite, the kitchen utensils - they also made off with the window frames, the panes and the doors. I used to keep ten head of cattle, but three were stolen and the others I had to sell.īy 2010 my home had been completely vandalised. There is enough space for gardening and a bit of crop farming. I love the place - the environment and its biodiversity. In March 2007 I left for South Africa.īut always at the back of my mind was my rural and true home, where I wished to retire one day. My salary had become worthless, so I left my job. What work could I look for in South Africa? I simply did not know. I asked myself, “Should I, too, leave Zimbabwe for South Africa?” I had worked for nine years under the Department of Home Affairs. My wife also went to Cape Town and was selling various things, such as brooms. I tried to join him but it did not work out for me.īy 2007, I had noticed that a number of my friends had left for South Africa. I sought advice from a friend, a teacher, who used to buy shoes from Bata Shoe Company in Zimbabwe to sell in South Africa. Should I leave my home to be vandalised so that I can just focus on my children’s education? I decided this was the best I could do, and I had to all but abandon my rural home.īut it soon became apparent that if I did not make a plan by the end of 2006, my children were going to be forced to drop out of school. I still used to visit regularly, but I noticed the house was being burgled and vandalised. My resources were so strained that I had to let go of the person looking after my rural home. My salary had become tiny when converted to the South African rand or US dollar. In 2006, during the Zimbabwe economic meltdown, four of my six children were at boarding school. I made sure that every holiday our family returned to our rural home. ![]() Later, I was transferred to Masvingo District.ĭuring these years I used to employ someone to look after my home and the animals. Then, around 1998, I became employed by the Zimbabwean Public Service Commission under the Department of Home Affairs, and I relocated my family to Harare, because I was working there. We used to grow groundnuts and maize for our own consumption.
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