Zimbabwe: Karoi - When Police Lay Ambush

14 October 2016
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THE road serpentines up and down Mapinga, breaking into patches of hairpin curves, rises and blinds, upwards, sideways and little everywhere else the mountain cliffs allowed the architect.It then laps over a level rail crossing, giving way to vast swathes of tinder dry grass. Outbreaks of veld fires tell the story of irresponsible behaviour among farmers as we bury one rustic farm settlement after another, until we get to Karoi Town.

The October sun is unforgiving and angrily roasts everything and everyone, threatening a biltong treatment.

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