ZIMBABWE JAILS COMPARED TO PARIS HILTON IN JAIL...
The media over the past few weeks in many parts of the world, has been totally obsessed
with wealthy playgirl Paris Hilton and her impending jail sentence.... "poor little Rich
Girl".... Such nightmares await her in her 45 day (now reduced to 20 odd days)
confinement away from the Highlife...
Photographs of her impending jail cell show a neat, pristine, although small space with a
double bunk bed sporting a substantial padded mattress, air conditioning and a sparkling
clean toilet.
Poor Paris will however not be allowed to wear makeup ...horrors of all horrors.... no hair
extensions are allowed...ghastly thought ..
She will be in an orange jump-suit and her cell phone, her crystal-encrusted trademark,
will be banned as well. But not being able to text and talk with her celebrity friends will be
the least of Hilton's worries.
"She's going to be assigned a two-person cell, Hilton, like all inmates, would be confined
to her quarters 23 hours a day.
She will be allowed out of her cell once a day for an hour to shower, stretch her legs, use
the telephone or watch television in a jail-house day room according to reports.
Hilton's cellmate, if she gets one, will be another individual serving time for a serious
driving infraction or other non-violent offence.
Paris will get three meals a day, all taken in her cell, but like the jail's furnishings, nothing
fancy - cereal or yoghurt with fruit for breakfast, a sandwich or hamburger for lunch, and
a hot meal such as chicken for dinner!
The jail's schedule also will make it hard for Hilton to keep the late hours she is
accustomed to. Breakfast is served between 6am and 7.30am, and lights are turned out at
10pm.
Hilton landed in hot water for driving her car without a valid license earlier this year while
on probation for an alcohol-related reckless driving offence.
County officials stressed that Paris Hilton will be equipped with protection when she enters
jail. The hotel heiress will be provided a panic button to alert jail guards if she feels
threatened by her fellow prison inmates.
Most educated people are just shaking their heads at all the hype, she did after all break
the law, and that's what counts in civilised countries.
We Women of Zimbabwe are shaking our heads in disgust at what the poor lass has ahead
of her, someone should come to Zimbabwe and interview one of our Gallant Woza women
and ask them what life in a Zimbabwe jail entails.
Jeni, Magodonga, Abigail and hundreds of our brave WOZA women have spent countless
days and nights in jails ... and for reasons totally different to those of Miss Hilton. Dare to
stage a peaceful Valentines day march, handing out roses and kind words. Dare to sit
peacefully in front of an office protesting quietly and without any violence, praying against
horrifying human rights abuses in Zimbabwe.
Show one inch of spunk and the Zimbabwe Government gets into a panic, sends in its
police and riot troops, and our women, babies, mothers and grandmothers are badly
beaten and thrown into jail without any recourse to legal representation, without food and
water and without doubt into the filthiest jail conditions the world over. I quote a reporter
from the London Times who dared to fall foul of the authorities.
" After five days in a concrete and iron-bar tank, with no food and only a few sips of water,
my skin was flaking and my clothes were slipping off. A prison blanket had given me lice.
The water I had palmed from a rusty tap in the shower had given me diarrhoea. Under a
24-hour strip light, I hadn't slept more than a few minutes at a time. And I stank. So many
men had passed through Cell 6 that they had left their smell on the walls, and while I was
making my own stink, the walls were also passing theirs onto me."
The journalist was one of the lucky Zimbabwean prisoners, he had a cell to himself, most
Zimbabwean detainees are not so lucky. They are usually crowded into cells where there
is standing room only, where if one needs to lie down the rest must stand. Where the
latrine is overflowing onto the floor ....... where there are no blankets, where there is no
food, edible or inedible.
Its June in Zimbabwe and our temperatures can get below freezing at night .... but then i
suppose when there are forty of you in a cell meant for two, cold is not an issue !
Sadly the world has its priorities all wrong.......
CONDOLENCES
Roberts - Joseph. Much loved husband of Lucy, father of Joe and Patsy, grandfather of
Sean, Trish, Tracey, Denise and Alan, great grandfather of Ross, Kane, Scot, Matthew and
Eve. Passed away in Wales on Sunday the 6th of May 2007. He will be greatly missed.
Family can be contacted on trishandcolt@ hotmail.com
Betty Cloete - Berkowitz (nee Kruger) - passed away peacefully 14 May 2007 aged 90 in
South Africa. God has extinguished a light here on earth but a new dawn has risen safe in
the arms of Jesus. What a wonderful Wife, Mom, Ouma, great Ouma and Great Great
Ouma - a true lady, who will be incredibly missed by all who loved her so. email:
midwell@telkomsa. net . Funeral was in Middleburg Tvl, SA on Monday 21 May.
From: "B. Boshoff"
It is with great sadness we learnt of the passing of Barry Ball, ex Chief Warden -
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management. Trusted friend, colleague and
mentor to so many. Your values, integrity and love for the bush were something we all
aspired to, sadly the finality of your death closes another chapter in history of the
Department that you and others of your stature built. On behalf of all Dagaboys I say
farewell - Hamba kuhle dear friend
Our condolences and deepest sympathies go to Mary, Barry's beloved wife and their family,
you are in our thoughts and prayers, we share your grief.
Mike Bromwich on behalf of all Dagaboys
Ruth DARBY (ex Hazelwood Rd., Rowena, Byo) passed away peacefully in her home in
England on 17/04/07 at the age of 86. Ruth is survived by her 2 remaining daughters,
Pam & Norma, & by her grandchildren Hayley & Tammy Nel, Christopher & Alan Rogers,
Brent & Ronêlle Ferguson, as well as her 3 great grandchildren, Vaughan, Joanne & Joelene.
Ruth used to be very involved with the Brownie & Guide movements in Sauerstown & North
End, during the 60's & her late husband, John, was a driver on RR before retiring from the
footplate to become a loco instructor in Raylton. After his retirement, they were keen
bowlers at the Raylton Club before finally selling up & moving to the UK in '83.
She will be sadly missed by her family & all the people who grew to love her in Braintree,
Essex.
Many thanks, Mags.
Pam Graves
Williams Richard Thomas Glyndwr passed away on Sunday May the 13th 2007 at St
Andrews Nursing Home in Ballina Australia
Much loved father of William and Jane, husband of Shirley ( deceased ) and grandfather of
Jeremy, Nicholas and Georgia.
MR DENNIS SHERRINGHAM - Our deepest sympathy to Mary and Family on your sudden
loss - Inky
JANE MAXWELL-LOGAN - A battle bravely fought, at last no more pain - Rest in Peace -
Deepest sympathy to the family and Jackie - Inky
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a
new ending. --Maria Robinson
Inspiration of the Day:
Four members of the United States House of Representatives have taken on a unique
challenge: before deciding whether a proposed increase in the Food Stamp budget is
necessary, they will try living like Food Stamp recipients themselves, the Washington Post
reported. They have pledged only to eat what they can buy with $21 for a week, that
amount being the average amount received by persons in the Food Stamp Program.
If you suffer, it is not because things are impermanent. It is because you believe things are
permanent. --Thich Nhat Hanh
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