Rather late in the day Stanley Mushava reports today (!) in The Herald:
I note also that the official site schedule has not been updated to reflect the shift. I wonder how many people showed up and learned this the hard way .....
As Mushava notes in closing:
Well, we keep our fingers crossed that those 'harmonised elections' finally lead to the long overdue change in the political order in Zimbabwe, and that ZIBF@30 (yes, it's the thirtieth anniversary of the fair, too) turns into an even bigger celebration.
The Zimbabwe International Book Fair which was slated for July 29 to August 3, has been deferred to September 30-October 5 to forestall collision with the harmonised elections which were held yesterday.Interesting timing (after the fact, as it is), as far as 'forestalling collision' goes .....
I note also that the official site schedule has not been updated to reflect the shift. I wonder how many people showed up and learned this the hard way .....
As Mushava notes in closing:
ZIBF was one of the biggest events on Africa's literary calendar at its height in the early nineties.Ah, yes, those were the days; nowadays, they can apparently reschedule (not at but actually past the last minute) and barely anyone even notices .....
Well, we keep our fingers crossed that those 'harmonised elections' finally lead to the long overdue change in the political order in Zimbabwe, and that ZIBF@30 (yes, it's the thirtieth anniversary of the fair, too) turns into an even bigger celebration.