
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.
Gems, Warlords and Mercenaries: Russia’s Playbook in Central African Republic https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/world/russia-diamonds-africa-prigozhin.html?smid=tw-share
Russian Mercenaries Are Driving War Crimes in Central African Republic, U.N. Says https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/world/asia/russia-mercenaries-central-african-republic.html?smid=tw-share
26 June 1960: #Madagascar was granted independence by France; visit by French Premier Michel Debre celebrating independence with first President Philibert Tsirinana https://youtu.be/6DQ3LC7iJsY via @YouTube
Switzerland Finds Liberian Rebel Leader Guilty of Wartime Atrocities https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/world/africa/liberia-war-crimes-sentencing.html?smid=tw-share
Boko Haram Leader Really Did Kill Himself, Audio Message Says https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/world/africa/nigeria-boko-haram-leader-dead.html?smid=tw-share
Portugal managed to finish third in a group with Austria, Hungary and iceland in 2016 and won the tournament. It shows.
"Spain played football of geometric beauty"
2 June 1997: Nigerian Troops of ECOMOG battle putschists of Johnny Paul Koroma and RUF rebels, who invited Foday Sankoh to Freetown to join the AFRC junta the day before, in Sierra Leone #SierraLeoneCivilWar https://youtu.be/knpxnNb9JQw via @YouTube
13 Jun 1976: The mercenary trial in Luanda #Angola #AngolanCivilWar https://youtu.be/MG01dcVP0z8 via @YouTube
Operation SCEPTIC: Soviet 23 mm and 14.5 mm AA guns used in a ground support role could penetrate the thin-skinned Ratels and accounted for most of the 13 South African KIA at Smokeshell; SWAPO lost 267 killed on 10 June 1980 #SouthAfricanBorderWar
2Operation SCEPTIC: SADF 61 mech attack on SWAPO Smokeshell base complex 180 km inside #Angola on 10 June 1980 #SouthAfricanBorderWar
4Operation SCEPTIC: the 151 vehicles of 61 Mech battle group left Umuthiya base, refueled at Eenhana and then crossed the cut-line into #Angola for the 50 km march to a TB at Mulemba on 9 June 1980 #SouthAfricanBorderWar
2#BurkinaFaso was supposed to be a success story for US military assistance. Instead, it became a casualty of America’s war on terror and is buckling under an insurgency and humanitarian crisis while its army is carrying out extrajudicial killings (thread) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/magazine/burkina-faso-terrorism-united-states.html
Panto 2020 season is a bit quiet this year, but this soundtrack brings back the magic of theatre.
De Hoop Nature Reserve is probably best known for the opportunity it offers for on-land whale watching. Ilona Kolbe took a day trip recently, and took some photgraphs that show other pleasures in this diverse region. Small Matters The reserve doesn’t feature the “Big 5”, which makes it an extra special space for walkers, joggers
The weather is getting chilly, and we risk losing our heads. Fairness is not a universal concept, and our bridges burn.
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.
Those who have lived long enough to remember a civilian aircraft being shot down in the then Rhodesia in 1978 have long since associated Terror September with our capacity for violence and evil. The international silence that followed rubbed caustic soda in the wounds of the bereaved. While another attack has happened since, with far
Rhodesian Remembrance 2020, the paty, the music and a plea from the Golden Oldies
Stats and statues : You are the slave enabler. You are the statue.
Bad news gushes out of Southern Africa, while good news seems trickle. This post by Tyler Leigh Vivier reminded me that life is about balance, and there is plenty to celebrate. What else is good? Pic is CC
A gay Rhodesian? The thought never occurred to me before, I don’t know why. Peter Wood changed that. He wrote a book called Mud Between My Toes which ticks one name off my Christmas gift lists this year -If I can stop listening to him long enough to actually order a copy. greatwhitetribe.com is a
September – South African songwriter Don Clarke