Natasha Msonza
Who will protect the children?
Friday, February 26, 2010 - 15:27, by Natasha MsonzaMy aunt’s 12 year-old daughter was recently cornered into a secluded little room by the caretaker for their block of flats where they stay in Avondale. He attempted to rape her. Thankfully she managed to escape unscathed, but she is still reeling from the effects of the trauma associated with that experience. My family has gone through a frustrating episode over this and probably writing about it is my way of dealing with it. Attempted rape in my books and the books of our law is a criminal offence that is (or should be) punishable by long imprisonment. The mother reported the case to… ( Read on! )
Knowing when its time to let go
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 08:06, by Natasha MsonzaWe women have one small ‘weakness’ of developing serious emotional and sentimental attachments to inanimate things. It is what makes us the ‘special sex’. This was said to me by one grime and grease covered chap who had a permanently wide grin and called himself an artisan. Weaker sex you mean, I remember thinking at that point and deciding then and there that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. I had stopped at a garage in Newlands because my eternally faithful car had suddenly developed problems as I was driving in the rain for an important appointment. The wipers just suddenly… ( Read on! )
The women are the bigger fools
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 09:42, by Natasha MsonzaThe constant hoopla around Zuma’s polygamy really is getting exhausting; with journos shifting attention to what he is up to each time they are suffering the diary draught. It has become nothing short of selling tabloid headlines. Can’t they get it through their thick heads? The man said it loud and clear – much to the indignation of feminists and gender activists – it is his (Zulu) culture, and the problem with most of us is indeed “thinking that our cultures are far more superior to those of others”. What Zuma is doing is to be expected, those are some of the hazards of having a… ( Read on! )
What I found when I got bored
Monday, January 11, 2010 - 14:23, by Natasha MsonzaI was at my ISP the other day, trying to sort out internet issues. I had to wait for my agent forever and sitting at reception was getting boring. Because I was so bored, I was looking around so much, then I noticed something strange. The glass on the side of the reception desk was exaggerating the appearance of people’s legs. This is how they looked!

The things you do when bored out of your wits…

Ghost mates
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 12:37, by Natasha MsonzaI am currently reading for a Diploma in Project Management, which requires me to attend evening classes on block basis per month whereby each block lasts only 5 days. In my class, there are a lot of individuals working in the medical profession as nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and counselors. We are coming to the end of our studies and I have noticed that most of the nurses have hardly been to schools in the past three blocks. Some of them are members of my group and because we are required to do certain assignments in groups, their absence has greatly subtracted from our group… ( Read on! )
Natasha Msonza
Se likes to blog about human rights, social justice and politics and personal reflections from the perspective of an ordinary Zimbabwean citizen and his/her environment.
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