Unable to move, she watch them drag him
from the house into a donga
and beat him, one goon opening his body
to pour blood into the off-colour ditch,
like wine seeking the whiteness of cloth
that cover the brains of boys
and redden their eyes with joy.
Everyone try not to look
but go their way into the dim June dusk
to their [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "For Charity and Francis Matyaka", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/for_matyaka_by_rethabile.html" });
Excitement gripped me when I was able to go back across the border to visit my family in Zimbabwe. Pleased as I was, I tried to ignore all the media reports on the country’s disregard of acceptable and proper treatment of human beings. Before going home, I braced myself for whatever the hell was to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Country That Never Was......Zimbabwe, ……………..wait before you……………….!", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/the_country_that_never_waszimbabwe_wait_before_you.html" });