A JUSTIFIABLY ANGRY UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL, MANUEL NOWAK
I am sure I am not alone in finding it difficult to get my thoughts down after reading/hearing the news each day. No sooner have I composed my thoughts and opened this new blog page than some newer development (sometimes personal) intervenes and the moment is lost.
For this reason I shall blog more like a twitter-er, or give lengthy tweets on this page at whatever level in time and space the day allows.
Starting today: all oppressed Zimbabweans' hopes for help or redress in the realm of Human Rights have been dashed by the coarse behaviour of the ZANU (PF) representatives of the government. Nothing unusual here. What is cheering, in a perverse sort of way is the full coverage given to the angry statement from the UN's Manuel Nowak. This capering of ZANU(PF) is a further demonstration of the weakness and insecurity of the so-called ruling party. One must use this latter adjective because we know that the MDC's part in `ruling' has been rendered almost useless, except for the efforts of the noble Tendai Biti who has managed to make a little progress in Finance, allowing people to get a few US dollars with which to feed themselves and stay alive a little longer.
The deliberations of SADEC today will be more interesting, if not more meaningful than usual.
Copyright © 2004 Diana Mitchell
