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Slip sliding away!
Published on September 16, 2006 By adnauseam In Current Events
I flew over Harare recently while on a trip from Egypt to South Africa. Even at 9000 m I could see the effects of President "Saviour of Africa" Mugabe's efforts to "clean up" his country. You cannot hide anything away from satellites but I realised that you cannot hide anything, period. It was obvious that there were areas outside Harare that seemed to contain roads but no housing. I looked down in wonder as I identified these roads then wondered where the houses were.

It struck me then that this must be the area that Mugabe had demolished in his clean up campaign to rid Harare of shacks and squatters and those who shame Zimbabwe by their "disgraceful habits."

I'm not going to blog on and on about the "polecat" of Africa (I've been doing it for years---in fact Comrade Robert would come after me if his secret police could afford a plane ticket on one of his donated Chinese planes, or had the bullets to finish my nagging-- I'm going to send him a little message instead):

'The breadbasket has gone, Comrade, and you can only provide three things for your beloved people: Starvation, homelessness and ruthlessness. Cry, the beloved country.'(with acknowledgement to Alan Paton).


Comments
on Sep 16, 2006
You care deeply about Zimbabwe.  It shows in your writing.
on Sep 16, 2006
I do Doc, and although I am not an ex-Rhodesian or ex-Zimbabwean, I am constantly concerned that people can do little about Zimbabwe's situation. It is a country ruled by a cruel dictator and with little opposition within. The late great Rhodesia was a breadbasket in Southern Africa and, probably, one of the top tobacco growers in the World. It hasall gone now and inflation in Zim today runs at 1200 %. I feel empathy for the thousands of Zimbabweans who have lost their homes, have no employment and, worse of all, have to starve in a country that could once feed Mocambique, Zambia and Malawi, and have surpluses. The only reason Mugabe survives is that he once wasa freedom fighter and this is admired by South Africa. Thabo Mbeki could whip Zimbabwe if he wanted to, but he won't.
on Sep 16, 2006
'The breadbasket has gone


The "money" basket is still in existence - as long as bleeding hearts donate money to the twat to line his own pockets with, that allows his wife to go shopping for shoes and clothes overseas with whilst the country starves.

When will the world learn, the money never reaches the people, but lines the dictators pocket instead?

How many properties does the asshole have all over the world, bought and paid for by international money - money given to him by the bleeding, bleating "oh we must help" idiots?

If we send food over instead of money, they take control of it and charge exhorbitant prices for it on the black market, it is hardly ever distributed freely as we intend it to be. When it does get to the people properly without hinderance - it is a veritable miracle, performed by the charity agencies!

Cry Africa Cry!

As long as you stick to Tribal thinking you will always be dictated to by syphlis diseased twats like Magabe and that Ugandan idiot (cannot think of his name, he was just as mad)!
on Sep 16, 2006
Apologies for the rant Ad.