by An-Magriet McKerrell | Aug 4, 2026 | Uncategorised
I’m sitting with Marie. She has big brown eyes like Bambi. She’s wearing pink pajamas with matching pink slippers and watching the latest Netflix sensation – some office romance starring Jennifer Lopez. I’m just hiding here with her, writing my blog. The...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Jul 28, 2026 | Uncategorised
I felt a bit like Indiana Jones when I went into room 4 a few months ago. I had to wade my way through vases of flowers, exotic orchids, massive cellophane-wrapped gift baskets and human-sized teddy bears to reach the patient. Nonku was sitting up in the hospital bed,...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Jul 14, 2026 | Uncategorised
Last week, for a reason no one could possibly fathom, Eskom showed up over the weekend and quietly changed our electricity meter. In the process, they reduced our amps, so, overnight, we were limited in the amount of electricity we could use and went from 100 to 60...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Jul 7, 2026 | Uncategorised
Saturday mornings seldom find me glamorous. I’m usually dressed in my gardening outfit – old tekkies with holes in the toes, Johnson-work-wear pants and bright pink flowery gardening gloves… a fashion crime if ever there was one. I don’t even mention my hair as this...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Jun 30, 2026 | Uncategorised
On Friday late afternoon, I find myself sitting with 300 Zimbabweans in a tiny hall. There are no windows and only one entrance. We’re all crowded into the small space on plastic chairs. To reach the hall, we first drove through Alexandra township, and later Berea and...
