It has been one year to the day since I launched this blog.

It’s been fun, and there’s no better than feeling than when you’ve made a difference, either in someone’s life or in the way things are done.

Here’s to us, the consumers who prove every day the we are not sheep.

Salut

Whilst going through my favourite publication this morning, I came across what seemed an interesting article.
With businesses closing down in Zimbabwe, unemployment is increasing and as a result, there is less consumer spending.
During tough economic times, it might have been hard to come up with anything more visceral than the appeal to “Buy Zimbabwe. Save a job.”
All well and good, and this seems like a noble effort. Except … buyzimbabwe.org.zw itself is not even hosted in Zimbabwe

For those of us old enough to remember, there were some annoying shows after the main news on ZTV. As a kid growing up, I couldn’t wait for the late shows to come on, but they always seemed to squeeze in some current affairs rubbish before the good stuff came on. One such show was the Consumer Report, a monotonously informative stream of numbers and advice, stuff about indexes and