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Chapter 3: Preparation for South East
Zimbabwe, Elephants, Steve Jobs, Leadership
Well, after 8 months of planning and research we are off again to the Manger of Mankind in
Southern Africa, specifically the Mazunga Bubye River Conservancy, or more correctly,
“Restorancy,” in south east Zimbabwe.
Map of Mazunga Bubye Conservancy
Mazunga was once a cattle ranching area where peasants and war veterans occupied
denuded farms that had been amalgamated into one unit by Charles Davy, the father of Chelsy
Davy, who was at one time rumored to be going to marry Prince Harry of England. Mazunga
has since been restored to wildlife habitat and according to Internet information, is owned,
apart from Davy, by Renaissance from Russia and the Dubai Sovereign World Fund. It appears
Davy owns at least the Ripple Creek and Dyer sections. According to a post on Zimdiaspora,
Davy says that Mazunga employees 300 local people from the nearby village. Under US law
American citizens may not have any business with Zimbabwe SDN (Specially Designated
Nationals) listed individuals. As far as we can tell, Mazunga has no relationship to the so-
called SDN government officials; but we have apprehension about the trip. Not only have I
read Peter Godwin's three topics on Rhodesia/Zimbabwe about the political unrest, but
Hurricane Irene is currently headed to Washington, DC, where we are taking off from
tomorrow.
According to Shangaan reports as described to Cecil “Bvekenya” Barnard who in turn
related this to T.V. Bulpin, the south east part of Zimbabwe on the Save (previously Sabi),
Runde (previously Lundi) and Bubye (previously Bubi) rivers is where giant herds of several
hundreds to thousands of elephants gather every few years. One spot was 30 miles south-west
of the Save river and the same distance east of the Rhodesian border where they gathered in
December. It was here he saw for the first time, among a herd of some 300 elephants, a giant
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