"Mhla uphel' amandla........"

Sunshine and daisies

It has been a week of nice surprises ...... The Old Firm match yesterday was fantastic to listen to and I hear from a friend, watching it even better. Alas I do not have that package so I must make do and as it turned out Celtic took the three points !!!! The Championship can still be ours ..........



Daisies have made me smile this week ....... they are a lovely flower.

I went to see Persepolis at the Cameo on Friday ...well worth a viewing although I hope it is not as eventful as the one I went to . 'The digital projector's bulb ' kept overheating and stopping the film ...all very frustrating and yet quite amusing in a weird sort of way. The film best seen in it's entirety, is wonderful.

The weather, glorious sunshine allowed me to get a mountain of washing dry and also cut the overgrown hedge !

I hope your weekend was a nice one.

Lazy Sundays

Good Morning World !

Spot and Notspot woke me earlier than usual today. I can be held responsible as my failure to feed them last night may very well have been the cause. That has been rectified and two happy cats are now looking lovingly at me. The side effect from shopping first thing Sunday morning is the treat of hot rolls and Sunday papers, I'm off back to bed with the cats!

The latest on the 'An Yue Jiang', the ship carryiny arms to Zimbabwe, is that it is believed to be heading to Angola, but with the UN HR being chucked out of Angola as of 6th May I am not sure what can be done now.

Today I am off to be a 'body' on a Pilates instuctor course .... my life is so exciting......

Have a lovely Sunday whatever you do.

Sokwanele is working hard to inform the world

We call them guns; Mugabe calls them ‘campaign materials’

4th Chimurenga
April 19th, 2008 10:15

Dear comrades.. I am a general worker at the Durban harbor (although i am a qualified Zim Engineer)…

I can confirm that the ship has left to Mozambique and the authorities there have offered no resistance in blocking the ship. I would like to however thank the people of SA (EXCLUDING THE POLITICIANS) for several protests that they made to oppose decisions by SA politicians. Lets also emulate their unity.. I wish there was democracy in Zim so that we also demonstrate against such issues but unfortunately a gun will be pointed on anyone who expresses freedom of speech.

this is a message left on http://www.sokwanele.com see links

We now hope Mozambique will say no.

Thanks

I came across a wonderful blog, well worth a visit coffee House Studio. I have used images from there , so thanks ......

http://coffeehousestudio.blogspot.com

Wednesday .....

This morning I had my hair cut.

I love having my hair cut by India, her touch is amazing, like a calming therapy. Sad but true and I know I really should get a life. Haircut day also has the advantage of allowing me an extra hours sleep, as the first appointment of the day is 9:30 so my work day starts around 11:00am. Bliss.

The situation in Zimbabwe looks very worrying, I am reading of a Chinese military presence there ....... ' to protect their business interest ...' you would think that with all the publicity China is getting at the moment they would maybe keep a low profile. Seems not.


Durban - An uncleared vessel - suspected of carrying arms - docked at the Durban harbour, the National Ports authority said on Wednesday.

This was reported on 24.com News today

Spokesperson Ricky Bhikraj said the Chinese vessel had entered the port without clearance and had currently docked at the outer anchorage.

The ship - called 'An Yue Jiang' - is suspected of carrying a consignment of arms allegedly headed for Zimbabwe.

Blackness

My reward for venturing out with Mandy was to visit Blackness Castle and wow what a place ..... built around the 1400's used as a prison at one time the energy is ..... tangible.

An amazing place and hey these are my photos too!

A brilliant day Thanks Mandy.