[I was listening to one of The Bearded Man’s excellent podcasts yesterday. I must say that my old school chum does some real high quality podcasts. He does it with real professionalism.

But what really was different for me was the pieces of music he slipped into his podcasts which I just loved.

But the piece of music I’d never heard before was a song encouraging people to vote for the MDC. And so there I sat, like an idiot, playing the piece over and over again! I enjoyed the song and thought I’d put it on the radio section of my site. The radio section needs some serious updating… but I’ll get to that in the next two weeks.

While listening to the MDC Song I could not help but think: I just wish the MDC could fight as well as they sing!!

The other day, I saw a remark from Jay Sibanda of the CZA, saying he hoped Mr Vavi of COSATU rules S.Africa one day. I just smiled at that. But the reality is… I suppose many Zimbabweans out there wonder who their allies in S.Africa really are – if any – and why all S.Africans are so luke warm and nothing more. I think that is worth writing about, and I’ll make a note to write about that later this week. S.Africa must appear pretty confusing to Zimbabweans … who are not sure who really is on their side.

I must be honest, I find the stance of COSATU interesting when it comes to Zimbabwe. The problem for them is that Mugabe is already doing what they would end up doing here one day – so how can they possibly differ with him?

What is interesting in Zim is how the ideology has become blurred. Now in S.Africa, the ideology is also starting to blur as the infighting is starting to grow.

There are days when I wonder if Zimbabweans have any true friends here who are willing to do more than just talk. But then again, are Zimbabweans willing to do more than just talk themselves?

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