After a seven year hiatus in my once frequent trips to Zimbabwe the last two weeks have been a delight.
Hosting the inaugural Stanbic Bank T20 cricket series with the five franchises was bloody hard work but equally rewarding. Seeing what Zimbabweans have to put up with and go through to get a tournament such as that up and running, and televised, was a welcome reminder of how much easier things are in South Africa and how much more fortunate we are.
I spoke to everybody I could think of (of relevance) before deciding to return to Zim and throw my weight behind their drive to get cricket back to its heyday of the mid to late nineties, but nobody was more important than the Minister of Education, Sport. Arts & Culture David Coltart.
I chatted to Andy Flower at some length as well as a number of journalists and very many laymen ‘Zimbos’ from within and without the country.
The overwhelming opinion was that I could, and should, concentrate on what I could positively achieve for the cricketers of Zimbabwe rather than worry about any possible negatives.
But it was Coltart, of course, whose opinion I sought and valued most after a life time of campaigning for equality and against human rights abuse. I was glad of the opportunity to interview him during tournament and here is the link to see for yourself.
Interview with David Coltart – Minister of Education, Sport, Arts & Culture
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Thank you very much Neil, you did well at the T20, doing live TV broadcast, commentry and match reporting all at the same time. Zimbabwe appreciates that, hope you have a fabulous time in the West Indies