Terror in a time of sadza

October 23, 2008 · Posted in I was just thinking · Comment 

The story on NewZimbabwe.com two days ago about a woman on an Air Zimbabwe flight who almost beat up an air hostess when she felt it was sadza time had me laughing hard.

The not so funny side is that I don’t think that this woman realises that in an age such as this, her misdemeanour can be classified very easily as an act of terror and filed in the archives of history on the same pages as activities by Bin Laden and company. Read more

It’s year number 7 since September 11

September 11, 2008 · Posted in Topical issues · Comment 

I can still remember that day, September 11, 2001. I was sitting in my office, when a friend of mine called to say that “America was being bombed”. I was stunned and confused. Bombed? By who? Where exactly? A thousand questions, that today- seven years later- seem as far from being answered as they did when I first heard the terrible news.

My thoughts and prayers are with the families who have to go through this dark anniversary. May God give you strength to cope with it all.