http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/giant-slaying-acts-when-ants-unite/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=giant-slaying-acts-when-ants-unite Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/giant-slaying-acts-when-ants-unite/#comment-41347 Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe » Blog Archive » Queer eye for the wicketkeeper Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:34:41 +0000 http://kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/?p=202#comment-41347 [...] I finally ended up in a place called Kenton and spent some time by the sea which was all round fabulous. On one occasion I popped into the local bar and met Trevor a retired South African who gives tourists boat rides. I thought a safe subject for a bit of bar room small talk would be rugby but he got so enthusiastic and detailed in his descriptions of the world cup that my eyes started to glaze over. I moved swiftly on to something I could tolerate – the Twenty20 cricket. Zimbabwe had just won their game against Australia which everyone was celebrating. Like Catherine Makoni blogged, there were quite a few provocative placards scattered about Newlands Cricket Ground during the Zimbabwe/Australia game. What a pity the people filming the event were so skittish about giving us a good read of them. As soon as a placard commenting on the “Zimbabwe situation” appeared on screen the cameraman moved swiftly on to the safe subject of a group of children screaming into the camera. [...]

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