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This is a news section dedicated to Cathy Buckle's letters from Zimbabwe. I have never met her but have been receiving her emails for some years and felt it was about time I shared her news with folks in the Pelhams. Please do not reproduce the material without Cathy's permission.

Here is a brief background about Cathy:

Born, raised and educated in Zimbabwe. Divorced, 14 year old son. Author, 6 books in print - 2 of which are non fiction and about the events in Zimbabwe since 2000. Owned and ran a small farm (bought 10 years after independence) rearing sheep and cattle until 2000 when property over-run and seized by war veterans. Used to write a freelance weekly column (OP/ED) for The Daily News newspaper in Zim (paper closed down by Zim Government in 2003) Now writes a weekly letter about events in Zimbabwe from the perspective of an ordinary woman which is sent out free to anyone who asks to receive it and is posted to this website.

Denis O'Regan

Tough Luck

Saturday, 26 July 2008

Dear Family and Friends,

Watching MDC and Zanu PF leaders signing an agreement to talk, and then actually shaking hands on Monday the 21st of July, was something of a miracle. It would be naive to say that this signals the end of the crisis but it is a single step forward and it cannot have come soon enough.

That's the good news, the bad news is that everything else seems to have been put on hold while talks begin. It's a paralysis having a devastating effect and most people simply don't know how to cope from one day to the next.

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