Life With The Zimbos Turns Sour

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In the early 1970's, when the struggle for the liberation of Zimbabwe was at its peak, bringing several of the political exiles, professionals and well-mannered Zimbabweans to Botswana, the citizens were in awe of them. One of the Batswana, Monitor Correspondent, Gale Ngakane, has started to question his previously held view of the 'Zimbos'.

FRANCISTOWN:It was in the middle of winter in 1978 as we sat huddling together, trembling like hung-over alcoholics in a classroom that had broken windows.

Our teacher at Tsienyane Primary School was a lanky and dark-skinned Ndebele from the then Rhodesia called Sengwayo, who was always smartly dressed.

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