Will we go on and on and on and...?

Man U will be on the pitch in a few hours, Dynamos will be on the pitch in a day. Hope they get the best out of the games. These are my favourite teams. Man U is the most successful team in England and Dynamos is the most successful team in Zimbabwe. There the comparison ends, sadly. Man U are great planners, Dynamos do not have a clue how to spell the word 'planning' - but anyway let's go on and on and on...

The curse of Africa's leadership

African leaders must be cursed. How else do you explain leaders who do not know when to leave, even when their own people show them the door? Leaders are willing to face humiliation (Gbagbo, Mubarak etc) instead of simply handing over the baton of power to someone else. There was a burial of a 'hero' today, an event that is keenly followed by both friends and opponents of Zanu PF. What has made these funerals interesting is that the party has converted them into a farce. How else do you explain Mr Mugabe's rant against the United Kingdom or is it Gaydom? Surely it shouldn't come as a surprise if you are discussed in the British parliament after all you spent a whole day mobilising people to go and sign a so called anti-sanctions petition aimed at the British. Is a graveside speech incomplete without insulting other people? What is more interesting is the Zanu PF habit of disengaging. If the Commonwealth raises inconvenient facts then get out of the Commonwealth, now SADC is stating the obvious and we already have diatribes aimed at the well-meaning and peace loving people of the region. What I find bizzare is that according to Zanu PF everyone else is wrong except themselves. Only a genius can be in the minority and still be right and genius is not a word to be wasted on Zanu PF.

How long shall I cry violence and you will not save

Shall I dare to ask again, if you may suffer such impudence from a mere mortal, 'How long, Lord Creator, must I call for help but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? Why do you make look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralysed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.' I always feel very emotional when I read this ancient query because it remains relevant today as it was then. Two major reasons today; (1) the shooting in Tucson and the burial of the youngest victim half a globe away and, (2) the death of a Tunisian youth. Whenever there is a gathering of African leaders it feels like a convocation of beasts with the blood of innocent Africans dripping from their fangs and talons. It is sad that it took the self immolation of a poor Tunisian student for a dictator to step down (I wish more dictators will step down too without such a huge sacrifice from from young people who have a lot to offer their nations). My condolences to the Tunisian nation. Another twit is wasting our time in Cote d'Ivoire while his colleagues are fiddling. Sad sad sad.