Just deserts

Not long ago we posted up an article about the greedy zanu-pf delegates feasting at their recent confernce which was held in one of the poorest areas in Zimbabwe. It was a shocking display of insensitivity.

Well, nature had the last laugh – this from the The Standard (you may want to sit down, it’s quite funny!)

While for some, it was just a matter of adding spices to make the food more appetising and testier, several got more than they bargained for when they increasingly found concentration on the proceedings at hand difficult as the urge for frequenting the toilets became overwhelming.

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Bicarbonate of soda, well known for its alkaline properties, is popular with shebeen queens as a tenderiser to speed up the cooking of cow hooves (mazondo), which would ordinarily take hours to cook. But applied in excess to any meal, it can cause havoc to tummies, as some of the delegates discovered to their embarrassment.

A total of 221 people, mostly suffering from stomach ailments, visited the refurbished Mzingwane High School Clinic between the 8 and 11 December. Insiders say some may have been sickened by the abundance of meat at the conference – 50 beasts, 48 goats, 17 impala, six pigs, four sheep, five red bucks, five buffaloes, 11 kudu and French salads and other foodstuffs. They took more than they could stomach, evidently resulting in the constant stream of visitors to the makeshift toilets provided at the venue.

Natural justice!

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