Change Will Come One Person at a Time

Today at church the pastor was saying that we are foolish to crack denigrating jokes about Robert Mugabe and ZANU (PF). That makes us like our oppressor, he said. He quoted the verse in the bible where Jesus said if a man asks you to carry his bags for one mile, carry them for two. […]

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Posted in Thinking Out Loud on Apr 6th, 2008

Thank You O Queen For Being Our Heroine

Perhaps, at 22 years of age, I am too young to understand this, but the Queen of England’s current visit to Uganda and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) being held in the Ugandan Capital, Kampala has left me with many questions.
Uganda has just spent over £60million refurbishing roads, repairing traffic lights, planting […]

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Posted in Thinking Out Loud on Nov 24th, 2007

Hope After Death For Ian Smith?

“Ian Smith brought suffering to the people of Zimbabwe, there is very little good he did. We can be sad that that he died, but I cannot praise the devil. I have to stand with the masses. Oppressors should not be celebrated. The suffering we see today in Zimbabwe is a continuation of Ian Smith’s […]

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Posted in Thinking Out Loud on Nov 23rd, 2007

Nehanda Never Wrote a Blog

There is a tree in Josiah Tongogara Avenue in Harare which stands alone in the middle of the road It is a peculiar sight and a sheer miracle that with all the recklessness of Harare drivers it remains unscathed.
But why, when all the other trees around it were chopped down decades ago, was it spared? […]

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Posted in Thinking Out Loud on Nov 22nd, 2007

 
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