In the shadows, a haunting reality unfolds. Owls, symbols of wisdom sacrificed to ignorance. Behind the beauty of the night, they pay the price for superstitions. Break the chains of ignorance; let our feathered friends fly free🦉.
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I was there when Mugabe went on his destructive rampage against us whites and took our farms, destroying the economy and forever altering the trajectory of Zimbabwe.
I was there to watch "Operation Murambatsvina," where Mugabe bulldozed the homes of 1000s of black Zimbabweans, causing untold harm and death. He even razed homes to the ground while families were inside.
I was there to watch as the North Korean trained 5th Brigade swept across Matabeleland and killed over 30 000 rural villagers in a blatant act of Genocide.
I was there when Mbeki said, "South Africa will continue in its process of quite diplomacy when dealing with Zimbabwe's internal policies," As Mugabe murdered, tortured, abducted and imprisoned opposition supporters as he rigged a lost election.
Today, the ramifications of that resonate in a cruel tone as millions of Zimbabweans scratch a living in South Africa as illegal foreigners, sapping the lifeblood out of this country.
Today, instead of unity among Africans, there is growing hatred and xenophobia between blacks as despotic kleptocrats, across the continent continue to loot and maim their countries and citizens.
Yet today, South Africa is in Europe complaining about the actions of countries, in a war on the other side of the world, that means nothing to us here back at home and helps not a single citizen of South Africa.
Alive with tragedy and hopelessness. How blind, how cynical.
The last of the Lesser Masked weavers that still have chicks in their nests have had an unwelcome vistor a Boomslang has been hanging around high up in the canopy.
The females returning with food have a good look around before entering their nests.
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