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“"You taught me language, and my profit on 't, Is I know how to curse"

posted by Sokwanele at 19h14 GMT on Oct 15

A sokwanele e-card

When you bring a child into the world, you stare into clouded little eyes and see a future of endless potential and opportunity. You promise to move heaven and earth to make
sure your precious baby will know a better life than you.

But, in Zimbabwe the new mother stares in terror into the eyes of her newborn infant, for she knows only too well that the road ahead is one filled with potholes and obstacles, dead ends and u turns.

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