Corruption can take us to Zim
Monday, May 13, 2013
While I was still trying to recollect myself and ask what was happening two lanky Special Constables then came in hot pursuit breathing heavily like greyhounds gaining in on a rabbit. Then my brother's girlfriend started to speak with an excited voice "Ba lelekile mosadi wa LeZimbabwe, hey basadi ba Ma Zimbabwe bana le lebelo, o bone gore o tudile terata e kahe?"
Meanwhile the two young Special Constables were gazing at the thick bush the lady had disappeared into, too shocked to speak and wondering how such a chubby lady showed them a clean pair of heels. I then found my voice and with a trembling voice I asked "O tlhaga ha kae, o dirile eng?" The two Special Constables were still too astonished to speak and to their rescue my brother's girlfriend answered, "O ne a loga ngwanyana wa next door, go raya gore ga ana dipampiri".
It has only been a month since the newly elected government, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), took power, and there are already a lot of changes. Across different ministries, ministers are hard at work. Following heavy rainfall and storms that hit Francistown recently, the Minister of State Presidency, Moeti Mohwasa, made a commitment that government will assist those affected by the heavy rains. Mohwasa, when addressing the media in...