Warm Trickle in Gokwe...
The first thought one has as one approaches the place where a languid thin stream of water drops from the ground from about three metres in the air is, my God; that is one borehole set mighty high. The borehole is curiously set almost too close to the road about 60km from Gokwe Centre along the only other road that can boast of the rare glory of having been laid with not just sand or gravel, but a proper tarmac – the road leads to Chitekete, 120km away from the district headquarters. Perhaps the chief reason why the water source had to be set so high up is to discourage cattle minding children from wasting the water and also discouraging them from playing near the road as a result. The only incongruous thing is that there are children playing under the water – it is almost as if the borehole was actually set so high up so the children could soak themselves away as a pastime. Which is weird, since it is dusk and in the middle of winter to; and winter in Gokwe, as it is wi