The TWAG quote of the week is back, thanks to His Excellency, Comrade RG Mugabe, President and Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief ...

This week's TWAG Quote of the Week comes from the Patriarch himself. Unfortunately, the Blogger title space is unable to accommodate the full title of my President, which is "His Excellency, Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President and Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces." Newsreaders read this title every night. And they do it with a straight face too!!

In this week's quote, His Excellency, Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President and Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces talked about the burial of former Higher Education Minister, David Karimanzira, who died this week. Incidentally, that name will always be associated with my misspent youth at the University of Zimbabwe. No student demonstration was complete without running away from tear gas and singing insulting songs about him, or to be more accurate, about his mother's eyes.

'Meso amai vako, David!' we sang. 'Hee, David! Meso amai vako David, hee David!' In English this means, 'Your mother's eyes, David! Hee David! Your mother's eyes, David! Hee David!'

What can I say? You had to be there.

Anyhoo, this week's TWAG quote is also in Shona, but I am not even going to translate it because all the wit of His Excellency, Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President and Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces would be totally lost if I did.

And here it is:

Tichavaviga kuchikomoko, kunzvimbo yakakosha nekuti mabasa avo tinoaziva tese. Kana tichiendesa munhu ikoko tinotarisa vanhuvanorwira kuchengetedzwa kwenyika. Kune vamwe vakati toda kuendesawo vedu ikoko, asi takati kwete. Zvikomo zvakazara munyika muno. Ngavatsvagewo chavo chikomo vavigane ikoko.

Icho!!!

But zvisinei, rest in peace, David Karimanzira. There is one more angel in heaven, and one more tear in my eye. And all the things that you stood for, like peace and democracy will never die! And eternal blessings upon your mother's eyes.