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 . . . .

View from a Kubatana desk

An African elephant has been euthanized at Zoo Miami
Machito is the first elephant to die at the zoo. The male elephant was 32 years old and arrived at the zoo as an orphaned calf from Zimbabwe. Zoo officials told the Miami news station WTVJ that Machito had been treated for weeks for an illness that began as a stiff front limb and progressed to lethargy, weight loss and breathing problems. The elephant eventually was unable to sleep or lie down. Zoo Miami says Machito was euthanized when staff could no longer prevent him from suffering. The illness that afflicted the elephant has yet to be diagnosed. A necropsy will be performed. Zoo Miami is home to five other elephants. All those animals are more than 35 years old. – AP

I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive
I’m just out to find
The better part of me

- Five For Fighting (Superman)