Nancy, I fear the poor people in the towns and cities are even worse off than those in the rural areas (except for the government people, who are living lives of luxury).

Jonn, I am sorry to see that South Africa seems to be going the same way, but I do think Botswana is quiet and making good progress. Yes, because I have a special interest in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia as I knew it), I keep up to date with events there as much as I can and know about the African summit. MOst of the leaders who attended would take the same action as Mugabe if their domination of their countries was threatned by real opposition. That has not yet happened in South Africa - hence relative peace reigns there (I know crime is bad).

Liberals are to blame for it all and will escape the consequences of their philosophy by emigrating when the going gets tough.

Hard to believe but the Liberals here are South African whites who support and excuse every action of this corrupt, incompetent ANC government by blaming ‘atrocities of the past’ and ‘apartheid’ where it is becoming more and more evident that the policies of separate development (i.e. ‘apartheid’) was probably the only sensible and correct one at the time, otherwise South Africa would have joined Zimbabwe a long time ago.

The other standing joke is that any white who dare to say anything negative against the ANC government is immediately labeled a ‘racist’and a ‘white supremacist’. What none of these idiots remember is that there are 50 million blacks, many armed with AK 47’s, stolen firearms and firearms sold to them by the South African police, to 4 million whites in South Africa, who have been systematically disarmed by the ANC. How is it possible to be a white supremacist under these conditions?

However the pity is that one never meets these PC Liberals face to face. Cowardly as always, they hide behind the media and the Internet but still wreak their selfish, brainless havoc wherever there’s an opportunity to hear the sound of their own voices. What I wouldn’t give to throttle one. Did you know that Mugabe got a standing ovation from the South African ANC government at the African summit held last week?

And many Zimbabweans are opposing Mugabe but have to keep their heads down or they get jailed or beaten up.

The rural areas are back to the pre European days of growing their own food and buying things with money sent to them by relatives who emigrated elsewhere. I am not sure how they are managing in the cities, since operation cleanup destroyed so many of the houses in the suburbs.