Phallic fervour

They approach each election
With feral phallic erection
Ask them to zip it
They stomp their feet
For what they fear is rejection

Utter butter

Bitter Biti knows better
Where his bread is buttered
What is uttered behind the shutters,
He should know, also matters

It’s a shame that with all the revenue collected through tollgate fees, vehicle licenses, abnormal load fees, and the fuel levy, our roads in Zimbabwe are still in a bad state. Along one of Harare’s major roads, Second Street Extension, which connects many suburbs and leads to Mazowe and Bindura, a ‘double’ speed limit sign exists. The speed limit sign pictured has been there for the past years. Its evident that due to the nature of high traffic on the road there was a need to increase the speed limit to 70, but seriously … writing the number 7 on top of the existing number 6 is very disturbing. This illustrates the abuse of funds. Under Kubatana’s fix.this campaign, these are the many little things we would like relevant authorities to address in our communities.

By God’s Grace

The one with a perforated face
Could soon have pride of place
If only the coming election
Escapes yet another condemnation
Here stands we, only by God’s Grace (wink)

When we first moved into our offices we were a bit glum about all the ugly partitions. But we’re not the types to suffer stuff we don’t like so we engaged a few creative schoolgirls from a Harare high school and asked them to paint whatever they liked (we told them a bit about our project) on grass mats, which we then hung on the partitions. So the partitions are still with us but they’re covered in Made in Zimbabwe art.

Here you go:

I found this A6 flyer on the ground last night, produced by Zimbabwe’s Constitution Select Committee (COPAC). On the one side, it has 9 milestones towards a new Constitution for Zimbabwe, and on the other, a calendar for 2012 and COPAC’s contact details. Great way to spread the word and get more people to know how to reach you. And according to The Herald headline today “COPAC draft constitution complete,” they’ve gotten as far as milestone 6. But I do find it telling that they didn’t put any estimated dates by when the various milestones might be achieved this year . . . .