That's "vets" in the sense of war veterans and not those wealthy people who charge you more money to treat your dog's sniffles than you'd pay to eat at one of Johannesburg's finest restaurants...
So why are these war veterans up the miff tree? Because Morgan Tsvangirai is not attending the latest summit claiming to address the "Zimbabwe Crisis".
The leader of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (They have an association for this?!) has threatened to "take action" against Tsvangirai, who is not attending the talks in Swaziland due to troubles with travel documents.
Surprise, surprise! The Zimbabwean government refused to issue Tsvangirai with a new passport, providing him with emergency travel documents only...
Sounds very conducive to change and democracy in Zimbabwe, now doesn't it?
Oh yeah and it gets better; the leader of this association for war vets, Mr Jabulani Sibanda has accused Tsvangirai of causing Zimbabweans "to suffer" and that "If he behaves the way he is behaving, this nation will take action to defend itself from him. He is leaving the people of Zimbabwe with one option: to take action."
Oh boy, that's rich considering where it's coming from.
The talks have been postponed till Monday and will now be held in Harare, but Morgan Tsvangirai has stated that he will continue to boycott unless the government issues him a passport.
The government has countered this by stating that there is no paper to issue new passports with.
There's a paper crisis in Zim?!?! I guess it'll have to be filed under the Continuing Crises List, right under No Food, No Electricity, No Fuel, No Democracy & No Slush Fund for the War Vets, No Brill Cream for Bob's Hairdo, etc etc...
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