Some of the Chaine area

New High Rise Foundation

Trucks just out of Containers

Doing the Washing 

Jims mary with her goat money

The Week just gone 22/5/2010

Recieved a bit more doe  this wek after much angst so  we can eat again and Noel and I can kill some more trees which incidently don't seem to be dying from the first chaining so lets hope we dont have to double chain.Very messy and also a bit more tricky.

Noels fingure I stiched has healed well so will be able to open up my own clinic for disabled fingures.

Another South African Kaawahgaa has come on board he is a horticulturalist not sure what he has come so early for as we are so far behind on development and there will be no spare money for him to do anything but he is here now so will have to put him to good use.Peters father in law Allen has also arrived he is here to out fit the empty containers for us to live in.

Really getting into the build up now to the wet, weather has been not good hard to sleep and just water pouring out of the body .Still good for weight loss.

Have seen  few Mongooses as we are chaining a few fifferent birds lots of Guinea Fowl and Franklins a bird bit like a grosse except dont fly as much. The odd jaclal or fox .One of our soldiers and James shot a deer last week so that is in the freezer waiting for us to try.Unfortunately it was not bled but we will try some eventually .Our supply of meet on the hook is diminishing in our local area as the nomadic herdsman are on the move out for the wet those staying every thing is very skinny and looks non appetising .I must admit I am getting sick of killing.The butchering is been done by some one else but no  one can handle the slaughtering but will keep looking for a replace ment.

Staff reviews this week so will have to be at my managerial best .There will be a lot of nervous staff around as we had a bit of a clean out last week of some non performers .Not many[non performers" left but will cut numbers for the wet.

Still have trucks with plant and equipment,containers on the road North waiting for payment from Citadel before they will move any further.Arabs don't care they will just wait and the the others will pay when and if they are ready,"Inshalla"

12 th May/head banging again

Nearly Broke again/some gear/frustration

At standstill again as we wait for the other containers and machines half of the  support spares filters ,oil,compressors, oxy etc is still on the way ????have put scurb  canopies on the dozers but no oxy or cutting tools to fit the stick racks,all 3 dozers that are here are now over heating because we cant clean the radiators and it is still over 40’,drop boxes on the rams need cleaning after 70hrs so the Chinese machinery is real top class stuff at least the canopies have reduced the cab temperature by 2’.

Citadel still not fronting with enough cash and we are waiting again for money be back to 2sdg again soon .One positive have got rid of the trouble makers  in camp some old union boys, will be 18 gone by Saturday so even though 9 have gone today the attitude has lifted a lot amongst the others will have mostly young keen guys and a few steady old hands left will have about 19 left plus cooks and us so will have hopefully a good team left and any more who don’t work and can’t hack the pace will go as well.

All our patience is just about gone as we wait again to get enough money to operate There will have to be a large fiscal commitment from Citadel soon or we will have to go on care and maintenance as we are just running out  of time before the wet and we just don’t have enough supplies  to last right through so it is crunch time for the project for this year as every day late now makes us a week behind and the reality is we are a year behind now and not making any progress.

Still we keep our humor up and greet the new day with not always a smile but always a greeting from Clarence the crow who seems to have a miners lamp on his head and is always at the tent flap before dawn making a fuss about something or other with his mates. Vernon the vulture has not been around for awhile so must have a carcass somewhere else to naw on.

The Boss crashed again

The Buck stopps with the Boss can't blaim any one except himself this time.

The gfirst bit of gesr to arrive and look what happens but most problems have a silver lining the Yemmini boys from Thar Jar s came anf put it right and they are also oing all our lifting from now on.

No more amatuers.

have finaly started to do some work and get the tractors and plows ready so all should be full steam ahead although all the locals tell us to hurry up the rain is just around the corner and threatens every day.

Will have some more toys to play with on Friday and we can start benching the camp area to get out of the water when it comes.