Zimbabwe: It's a Funeral, Not a Pity Party!

23 April 2016
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Like many other urban Zimbabweans determined to fake while desperately praying they will soon make it, Tadiwa and Ropa are in seriously debt. The fancy mansion, the two cars in the garage, the Nollywood mansion type of furniture in the house, fees for the private schools for their two children all have balances owing on them. But they are used to it.

The entrepreneur wife (Ropa) and the professional husband (Tadiwa) are well used to juggling their money shortages and somehow making it through from one day to the next, one month to another while barely avoiding the ultimate embarrassment of being exposed as just another couple living way beyond their means.

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