Häagen-Dazs is an American ice-cream brand. As far as I know, it’s not easy to get in Zimbabwe. Spar Athienitis has it, though. At pretty high prices, compared to our own local brands. Personally, if Kefalos Vanilla Bean costs $4, why buy something else for $18? But that’s just me
A very unsatisfactory chicken burger, from Nando’s Samora Machel Avenue Branch, in Harare, Zimbabwe
I understand that CABS had their new website hacked, so maybe they do have an excuse for having outdated bank charges on their current site. What I don’t understand is the new ATM withdrawal charges. Are they making us pay for their fancy, new-fangled talking ATMs? Anyway, an ATM withdrawal used to be $1.00 and now it’s $2.00 – the same as a teller withdrawal. An ATM withdrawal of $480.00
Wadzanayi has nothing but praise for Utande; I just want to applaud Dandemutande’s Support Centre for a splendid job they are doing. I believe these people are one of the most responsive service providers in Zimbabwe, yes. Having have dealt with soo many internet service providers, these guys have shown a great deal of responsiveness, feedback and politeness. Our organisation had a uMax unit last year and whenever the service was
From today’s NewsDay: Figures released by the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency on Monday indicated that the year-on-year food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation stood at 3,85%, while non-food inflation stood at 2,61%. Month-on-month inflation in November was 0, 13% dropping 0,13 percentage points on the prior month rate of 0,26%. The month-on-month food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation stood at 0,18% in November shedding 0,28% age points on the October 2012 rate
I was at Athienitis Spar the other day, and as soon as I saw a display of I&J Meal Boxes, I went for it.
Their curry range is amazing, and I especially love the tikka masala. You would think it’s fresh from an Indian restaurant, not out of the box
Updated below The weekend before last there was a data outage. I have seen no explanation whatsoever, whether online or via SMS. And we all know how you love to send SMS. This past weekend was the same. In fact, Sunday was the day I really needed a reliable data service, and there was none. With no explanation. This is unacceptable. For this reason, and this reason only, I’m buying
People everywhere know fast food as one of the most reliable distributors of disappointment ever produced by the business world. Food advertising is infamous for the techniques it uses to make items look bigger and better. The places themselves usually plaster their walls with pictures of juicy burgers – often hanging right over the tills – so you need only open your eyes to find something to compare your actual

