
Christmas Cat and the Pudding Pirates
November 27, 2020
Panto 2020 season is a bit quiet this year, but this soundtrack brings back the magic of theatre.
On ‘Rooftop of Africa,’ Ethiopia’s Troops Hunt Fugitive Former Rulers https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/world/africa/ethiopia-tigray-conflict-abiy.html?smid=tw-share
22 January 1976: UNITA forces in its HQ city of Silva Porto, now Kuito; Cuban armor columns were rapidly approaching Novo Lisboa (Huambo) the UNITA/FNLA capital as #SouthAfrica began its withdrawal from #Angola #angolancivilwar https://youtu.be/L9alHiz6O44 via @YouTube
21 January 1978: Blacks leaving protected villages for shantytowns outside Salisbury #Rhodesia; security forces resettled hundreds of thousands to keep them away from nationalist guerrillas #RhodesianBushWar https://youtu.be/mTeCuszf-Wo via @YouTube
Suicide Bombings in Crowded Baghdad #Iraq Market Kill at Least 32 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/world/middleeast/baghdad-market-bombing.html?smid=tw-share
@ModernConflict https://twitter.com/Yebo_Live/status/1352133827284459522?s=20
21 January 1976- "The Cubans or Russians have no right to kill Angolans": Facing a increasingly desperate situation for UNITA with #SouthAfrica withdrawal beginning, Jonas Savimbi speaks from Lusaka #Zambia #AngolanCivilWar https://youtu.be/MsSSrj0-_6c via @YouTube
#CentralAfricanRepublic President Faustin-Archange Touadera begins second term amid turmoil
https://www.africanews.com/2021/01/19/car-president-faustin-archange-touadera-begins-second-term-amid-turmoil/
Two UN peacekeepers killed when a @UN_CAR convoy was ambushed by members of UPC and anti-Balaka armed groups near Bangassou in Mbomou prefecture, southern #CentralAfricanRepublic
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/01/1082442
These sorts of multiple rocket launchers were also a large factor in the early going of the Kagera War, as Amin’s troops couldn’t match the Tanzanians’ firepower until Ghaddafi delivered several of the same weapon to the Ugandans. https://twitter.com/ModernConflict/status/1351634991680155648
‘There Is No Safe Area’: In Kabul, Fear Has Taken Over https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/world/asia/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-violence.html?smid=tw-share
18 January 1972: Three days of rioting in Gwelo #Rhodesia left one dead and 55 arrested demonstrating against presence of Pearce Commission canvassing Black opinion on Smith-Home independence pact; former Prime Minister Garfield Todd was arrested https://youtu.be/6NmpwjTVUGM
Col. Acheampong States the Aims of his Military Govt. on 17 January 1972 After Overthrowing Kofi Busia five days earlier #Ghana https://youtu.be/4YeuJteJVY0 via @YouTube
17 January 1961: deposed #Congo premier Patrice Lumumba @executedtoday by firing squad in Katanga province; In 2001, a Belgian commission found Belgium bore "moral responsibility" for his death, and #Belgium officially apologized in 2002 http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/01/17/1961-patrice-lumumba-congo/?platform=hootsuite
16 January 1994: PAC President Clarence Makwetu announced APLA had suspended armed struggle https://youtu.be/zOVkYoZusHQ via @YouTube
16 January 1996: #SierraLeone leader Valentine Strasser was deposed in a bloodless military coup led by Julius Maada; he was flown by helicopter to exile in Conakry #Guniea https://youtu.be/NTg924ywjOo via @YouTube
Uganda’s Leader @KagutaMuseveni of 35 Years Is Re-elected Amid Accusations of Vote-Rigging https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/world/africa/uganda-election-results.html?smid=tw-share
Panto 2020 season is a bit quiet this year, but this soundtrack brings back the magic of theatre.
As the so called “second wave” of the Coronavirus threatens to hit, there are growing reports that we are at it again – Buying bog roll.
Stats and statues : You are the slave enabler. You are the statue.
Bake your own water sponge cake. Rhodie recipe for sponge, happiness and resilience. Hard times have always been with us. The world has changed a lot over time, but some truths prevail. I’m thinking about people. No matter how much we indulge ourselves in fun, shopping, complaining and other entertaining distractions – We become brave
September – South African songwriter Don Clarke
Uys has made me cry many times over the years, often with laughter – not always. A razor-sharp satirist, with or without eyelashes.
In theory, there is a huge focus on access to mental health support in the UK. I imagine this is a driver worldwide, at least in the so-called civilized parts. How well is this working when it comes to the now ageing, frailing veterans of the Bush wars that were conscripted to fight for long,
Don’t Sell a Lie for Votes – AKA MR RAMAPHOSA – AKA President x or PM Y News is trickier to untangle than my crochet wool. Surface news, fake news & 3 mystic triplets that may or not run the world got a bit much I just switched off. It’s hard living in a cocoon. Despite
They were only boys…but their stoic heroism survives.
They are etched forever in our hearts, minds and souls,
Their names forever engraved on our Rhodesian scrolls,
“Hamba kahle”, brave soldiers prematurely gone to rest,
“Sala kahle”, by your legacies Rhodesians are truly blessed. – by Alf Hutchison
Life in the UK has a sepia tint to it today. Hurricane Ophelia has altered the skies above us. The pic of sunrise in the USA today is for benchmarking – & because we need friends & we are all doing our bit to get a good trade deal from our American cousins 🙂 Shhhh…