2023-2031 FTP news, updates, etc

[Googly]

Those South African black guys have got more xenophobia than Hendrik Verwoerd. The irony of that is completely lost on them. The only folk they don't mess with are the Nigerian drug dealers that control the massive drug trade there. Zimbabweans make up a fair percentage of the work force there now, especially in the hotel and restaurant trade.
My mate employed 2 Zimbos in Durban because they work hard and are nice guys. They were murdered by the other Zulu employees within 2 months, but couldnt be proven. The Zuma boys are the worst.

[Googly]

The sad fact is they can still point a finger at us when they've completely destroyed their country, they just don't know it yet. The mortal blow has been delivered. What they've done to Joburgh CBD is a snapshot of what's coming.

Current outcry is a girl of Nigerian descent contesting to be Miss SA (Born here by the way), made me think of good old Naqvi and how there is no street protests along 1st street over his citizenship.

It's weird that our "official" path to citizenship is about the most onerous there is. It's tougher to get into Zimbabwe (unless you border jump) than it is to get into a First World country. Our borders are porous though. I think it's always been tough to get citizenship here. When Rhodesia was first colonised in numbers by the British it was not easy to get in here. To get to Australia you basically had to steal a loaf of bread for free passage, but they only let people in here from UK that had a trade or a skill or a degree. That's a fact, but I'm not sure why that was the case.
The SA border was more porous though. It's essentially why this country developed so quickly and such good infrastructures were laid down in next to no time. Miraculous really, they literally built a working country in about 30 years. Those same folk of course were the first to leave when hostilities commenced, but we have a lot to thank them for.
If you look at the geological maps they created they're accurate to within meters and it was done by tape measure and compass and i guess a sextant and accurate timepiece. It's mystifying.
I had a mate renew a wildlife concession, the original beacons, cemented in place 80 years ago were accurate to within 1m when the surveyor renewed the concession (20 000 ha) and I mean it's in serious hostile hilly lion and elephant country. Nobody knows how they did it, truth be told.
Those dudes are spinning in their graves at the mess that's been created. Anyways, still my home and I wouldn't be anywhere else. Aluta.

[CholeZimbo]

The sad fact is they can still point a finger at us when they've completely destroyed their country, they just don't know it yet. The mortal blow has been delivered. What they've done to Joburgh CBD is a snapshot of what's coming.

Current outcry is a girl of Nigerian descent contesting to be Miss SA (Born here by the way), made me think of good old Naqvi and how there is no street protests along 1st street over his citizenship.

It's weird that our "official" path to citizenship is about the most onerous there is. It's tougher to get into Zimbabwe (unless you border jump) than it is to get into a First World country. Our borders are porous though. I think it's always been tough to get citizenship here. When Rhodesia was first colonised in numbers by the British it was not easy to get in here. To get to Australia you basically had to steal a loaf of bread for free passage, but they only let people in here from UK that had a trade or a skill or a degree. That's a fact, but I'm not sure why that was the case.
The SA border was more porous though. It's essentially why this country developed so quickly and such good infrastructures were laid down in next to no time. Miraculous really, they literally built a working country in about 30 years. Those same folk of course were the first to leave when hostilities commenced, but we have a lot to thank them for.
If you look at the geological maps they created they're accurate to within meters and it was done by tape measure and compass and i guess a sextant and accurate timepiece. It's mystifying.
I had a mate renew a wildlife concession, the original beacons, cemented in place 80 years ago were accurate to within 1m when the surveyor renewed the concession (20 000 ha) and I mean it's in serious hostile hilly lion and elephant country. Nobody knows how they did it, truth be told.
Those dudes are spinning in their graves at the mess that's been created. Anyways, still my home and I wouldn't be anywhere else. Aluta.

The only thing Smith was not accurate about in his prediction of the bleak future that lay ahead was the extent of the rot, oh and how in every 10 year cycle everyone in the country becomes a billionaire

[Googly]

More trillionaires here than Biden's America. Ya I don't think anyone anticipated the extent of the corruption. It's fantastic. But we're not as corrupt as USA. We are junior dorm in comparison. Those guys engineer 100's of billions for themselves.

[Pat_Bee]

Good old Smithy was the best head coach we ever had

[Mr Twig]

https://cricket.af/post/acb-leadership- ... -sri-lanka

Possibly some A games with Afghanistan.

Sounds like the Afghanistan Cricket Board had a productive meeting. They'll get new tours and opportunities as long as they keep winning.

[ZIMDOGGY]

What is our test/ODI/T20 schedule?
I always find this hard to oook up for Zimbabwe.
Cricinfo says November. Surely there’s one before then?

[sam_ahm]

What is our test/ODI/T20 schedule?
I always find this hard to oook up for Zimbabwe.
Cricinfo says November. Surely there’s one before then?

Africa Sub regional qualifiers in October.

[secretzimbo]

What is our test/ODI/T20 schedule?
I always find this hard to oook up for Zimbabwe.
Cricinfo says November. Surely there’s one before then?

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[zimfan1]

Sub Regional Qualifiers dates confirmed, to be hosted in Kenya between the 17th and 26th of October 2024.