FIVE STRUGGLES As A BRIT Living In ZIMBABWE!! 

That Cicada noise is so relaxing and refreshing to me when I was visiting Zimbabwe.

Hi Bulawayo Buccaneer 👋🏼 new subscriber here. I’m really enjoying your content as a Zimbabwean ex-pat living in the UK. I’m considering moving back to live with my father as he gets older, I’m just abit hesitant as I have no clue what the job market is like since I left when I was still in school! Could you do a video about good ways to make money for people who move there? How do you and the people you know make a living (as far as you’re comfortable sharing)? What’s the job market like and what are your personal tips and recommendations for managing finances as a new arrival given the lack of monetary infrastructure? Thank you!🙏🏼

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience. I’ve been reading a book called “Antifragile” which basically says we’re better off with “frictions” in our lives such as you’re experiencing and embracing them constructively like you do. I miss Zim 😅

Thank you yet again for another informative video, I had no idea that immigrants in Zimbabwe have all these sorts of experiences. And it's nice to have a sort of comparisons as an immigrant out here in the UK 🇬🇧. Please keep em coming 🙏

Another great and informative video. Certainly resonates with our own experience when visiting Zimbabwe.

Thank you for sharing honest experiences about Zimbabwe. There are a lot of things that's just not necessary, just red tape for the sake of it, and especially arriving at the ports is a bit complex and you feel quite unwelcome on arrival even when you are a Zim citizen. Inefficient systems cost money, I hope this will improve especially for our guests

Our dear,dear..I mean most dear Captain Benzie..wena BB.Bulawayo Buccaneer First of you're a rare breed.... Second you're so great you'll never know... I could write a book how impactful you are....and I once again urge everyone following you to listen attentively to your ...and see and realize how we can ... The stuff you point out here is the surest and most distilled issues ANYONE governing Zim should be focusing on... ....My apologies Captain Benzie ..not sure you're ready for this...Your message, ...is more powerful/effective than the loud pronunciation " Zimbabwe is open for business...".The later is merely aspirational....and for sure intentional..Well-meant by our dear president....whereas your presentation is " real"...and speaks to the " openness of our Zim for business..!!!!!!. To all dear Zims...let's listen to our valued visitors and take due cognizance of what they say...There's no cheaper way of accessing this crucially valuable feedback as to how we're opening up to the world..!!!. Mana from Heaven.. You make it unbelievably simple.Please our gvt.listen and take heed...This is GODSEND... To Bulawayo Buccaneer..just keep your focus,energy, love,authenticity.. Man you so real,..resilient..natural.Welldone.God bless you.. ..lastly History has a way it touches us differently..at best we want to empathize.. but at the same time we don't want the ghosts and rumblings from the past to blur our vision as we look ahead. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Nice to hear from you .Let me tell you what we face here as well ,like my own experience ,the whether was too cold for me and am still find it hard after 10 plus years .For the people I meet some who tell me to go back to the jungle .I meet some veterians who were in the war with Zimbabwe .food is available but it is different to whay I used to so I don't know if it is contributing to stomach ulcer ,because it started in the UK. Jobs are there .I have been in and out of hospital and treated nicely for free .for us to get a resident permit you go through life on UK test ,where you learn UK life and what you are expected as a resident .when you want to apply for a citizenship you apply and the fee is more than thousand pounds .if you fail ,there is no refund .if you ever break the law like not paying your council tax on time ,your citzenship aplication will be refused .Here in UK myself I find myself very lonely comparing to what I was used to .Everyone is busy working ,or just hibernating from the cold 🤣🤣 I had a son in UK when he visit Zim he go through what you go through .over all home is best but I have been in UK for too long and some of the challenges you are facing like money and power cut were not there when I was living there .hot whether is gone up due to climate change ,ask around it was not as hot as it is now .in UK too much materials in shop ,I end up buying more than I need . Because of boredome or they are easily accessible .I end up buying more clothes than I wear .when I am bored I just go to charity shops or Primark or werever there is sale .I am learning to stop that .at work most EU people I have worked with are more racists than Brits as for British colonising Zim ,I didnt witness it .but for what I have seen .white people in Zim keep themselves to themselves we did not mix like here in UK .they use to have their own shops ,schools and all .for the past war I think we might live well with forgiving each other and leave in peace and harmony .

😂cap Benzie you had me with “I start to die” 😂😂😂😂😂 the drama of it all. I cld picture it in my head 😂😂. as for your wife converting currency and math c’mon she’s Zimbabwean (whenever I visit home I struggle with changing I simply get the usd and the rest I leave to the locals and they know best how to deal).colonial history btwn Zim and Brit is always going to be a sore subject. I’m not saying forget history NO! But hey we aren’t our forefathers (with the exception of a few a-holes here and there) I believe overall living in harmony prevails 🙏🏾. The visa struggle is real man!!! For a European you only get to understand when you expand your horizons beyond EU. The process is🤯🤯🤯 both ways. Thank you for the video and keep them coming ❤

Just run in to your channel thanks for answering lot of my questions I married a Zimbabwean this last January I'm from Canada was wondering how hard it would be to live in Zimbabwe it seems like it's a long process to be come a Zimbabwe I love the country love your videos

I appreciate the fact that u discuss this, thank u

You are such a great man keep doing the good work,life itself has it's own ups and downs everywhere you go

Hie my guy; if you want cheaper groceries you should consider going shopping downtown (market areas) the groceries are packed in usd or rand , no bonds allowed lol and you can buy in bulk

Thanks a lot Captain! This educates us more and we will certainly get better together ❤❤❤❤❤

Hello Brother you are really amazing more than us Zimbabweans.

THE BUCANIERS People began to talk about “buccaneers” in the late 1600s in the Caribbean. The term comes from the French word “boucanier,” used to refer to poachers who smoked the meat of prey on a wooden griddle (incidentally, this method called barbicoa and from which barbecue is derived, is said to have been taught to buccaneers by the Arawak, a tribe in Santo Domingo). You see how initially the sea has very little to do with it. But the inhabitants of the various Caribbean islands began to use the word to refer to the pirates of the Caribbean (that’s right, you could have called Jack Sparrow a buccaneer, too.) When Alexandre Exquemelin’s book “The Bucaniers of America” came out in 164, the term became in common usage.

Bro, thank you for this 🙏🏾. I move back this coming December for an extended sabbatical. I left when I was 13 and have never lived my adult life in Zim and am trying to deal with figuring out how daily life is going to be. Any recommendations on fishing spots around the country?

Love your channel 💞

I love this video and share this quote with you too, “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”.. -David Brinkley.../

I wish all works out for you praying for you.

Pixel 7, in Zim, that must have been a struggle getting it. Good content.

We don't have problems with British people only their politicans who still think that zimbabwe is still a colonial playground .

She’s Zimbabwean, money converting more of a subconscious skill…

Blast off back to Zimbabwe❤❤❤ " Best place on the planet🎉😅🐘🎁🐸🐒🎆😍😍😍

New sub, love your channel

It is our old car , wow small world x

Thanks for the ride. Here in Canada our $ is tied directly to the USD. Its stable though. A slightly weaker CAD actually is good for us. I know you're hitting the gym, could you do a vid on cuisine? We love good food here.

Those rocks behind you are Amazing

Zim loves you

UK and Zimbabwe share both peoples and culture. So, feel at home. Visa and renewals are challenging experiences in both countries.

Wow! For a video shot on a phone the quality is remarkable... Is that Pixel 7 or 7 pro? I'm also on the market to buy one

As funny as it may seem the Bulawayo Buccaneer is now a Zimbabwean to the core😂

Zimbabweans have moved on from the British coloial history unfortunately its the British,USA and EU struggling to move on. We welcome everyone, including Usa,Eu, and uk Currency issues was caused sanctions from Eu, uk & USA Getting goods from Usa,Eu and uk used to take 3days was stopped because zimbabwean aeroplanes are not allowed in Eu, us and uk because of sanctions so everything has to be shipped in containers. Zimbabwe welcomes anyone from any nations

Had no idea it was that difficult living in Zimbabwe full-time. Thought since you're married to a Zimbabwean you didn't have to worry about any paperwork renewal.

Mate you not going anywhere, you should have been Zimbabwean the day you got married. However, on the other hand, that is what Zimbos face in the UK when they get married to Brits though it takes 6 years...

Hi capten i hope you are ort.with you family did you vote and party any way have nice day capten

Everytime i go to zimbabwe its very confusing best thing is to always know the exchange rate from USD to BOND to ECO CASH so you get more out of your money some places wont accept USD other wont accept local currency so i always travel with all 3 its a nightmare

What do you guys eat ?

Are you still creating content Captain ?

Salibonani

Makasimba here Mukoma wangu ?

Enjoyable and informative video. Want to visit there now lol. Ps: bro, Lucozade? 🧪🧪🧪😅