A great philosopher once said, ‘when the mice each run in fear for their separate burrows, only the claws of the fat cat stand to benefit.’ Literature is subject to personal interpretation. My understanding of these words is that when the bullied group is not united, it only helps the playground bully to remain unchallenged.
Meanwhile civil society has called for a free and fair election. The phrase ‘feya feya’ is something that we will hear between now and July 31.
Most ex-wives are happy with just half of the marital assets. Not Marian Chombo. Former wife of Ignatius Chombo managed to lodge her papers at the last minute, permitting her to stand as independent candidate to contest the Zvimba North House of Assembly seat against minister of local government. The minister revealed that he had a campaign team of 240 members, which suggests that he is not taking the contest lightly. This is a fight that does not need Don King to add to the hype.
Farmers an
embarrassment
Grain Marketing Board general manager, Albert Mandizha has said Zimbabwean farmers are an embarrassment. Stating that the country’s silos are only 21% full, after the last harvest, Mandizha added ‘you are an embarrassment because you have forced us to import grain.’ Courageous words, considering a lot of the beneficiaries of the land reform program are party “chefs”.
American President Barack Obama has said poor governance has led to economic disaster in Zimbabwe, which ‘used to be one of the wealthiest countries on the (African) continent’. He also craftily appealed to South African president Jacob Zuma to influence change in Zimbabwe, saying “Thanks to the work of people like President Zuma, there’s an opportunity now to move into a new phase where Zimbabwe can perhaps achieve all its promise.” Obama said leaders were only in office temporarily. Noble words – but somebody needs to remind him that this is Africa, Mr President. Our leaders prefer to die in office, if not to outlive the actual office buildings.
A bite too far
A police officer, Obert Muzenda appeared before a magistrate to answer to a charge of domestic violence. Following an argument over inappropriate text messages discovered by his wife on his phone, it looked like the couple had kissed and made up when Muzenda bit off a piece of her tongue. Perhaps he misunderstood the meaning of ‘taking a bite out of crime’.
Godfrey Mudariki of Mutare has invented a stove that uses bricks made from compacted sawdust. His invention utilises a waste product of the timber industry which when burned produces less emissions than wood or coal. This is good news and reminds us all that we can use our minds beyond the diverting of lightning bolts. More fire to him.
We end on that burning topic. – My pen is capped, Jerà. Feedback: pse write to jera@workmail.com
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