Top image above: A "1oo 000 Bob Note" from an advert in Die Burger newspaper. Above: A classic Zapiro cartoon dated January 1999
Today is the day before the next Zimbabwean presidential elections.
Three contenders. One asshole.
His Excellency Robot Gabri-Hell Moo-Guppie (Zanu PF)
Morgan Tsvangerai (Movement for Democratic Change)
Simba Makoni (former Finance Mini-Sister)
I have a work colleague who constantly teases me about my Zimbabwean roots.
He laughs out loud and greets me daily with the slogan "Howzit Zim-Power".
As the election deadline looms, I've changed my nick to "Sim-Power" in honour of the Lion-Man, Simba Makoni.
Maybe it's better to let Moo-Guppie swindle another election.
Apparently he's hired a crack team of Israeli IT specialists to help him pack fudge (yes the fag innuendo is intended). But if he has a landslide victory, then maybe an avalanche similar to Kenya's latest woes might start. Give a blind, fool enough rope and Moo-Guppie might just hang himself. Like so many disenfranchised Zimbo's watching from the sidelines. I hope 2008 is a memorable year in the life of a new Zimbabwe. I hope and pray but I can't figure out what my gut is whispering to me.
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