Wow. Now Juju wants to effect regime-change in Botswana. Only months ago he was saying we cannot influence the affairs of another sovereign nation (Zimbabwe & Libya). I guess that's only when you agree with them. Hypocrisy? Naah!
The real issue is Khama is offering the US a military base in sub-Saharan Africa. Given what Juju has seen the US and Nato allies do to Brother Leader in Libya, the LAST thing Juju wants on our borders is a squadron of F22 Raptors and Cruise missiles.
Why? Because, if he comes to power, he's going to do to SA exactly what Gadaffi did to Libya and Mugabe did to Zim. (Which makes the prospect of a US base at Gaborone not such a bad idea.)
That's why Juju's elders need to tell him to shut up and sit down. But they won't. Sigh. We need a new President. Urgently. Get thee to the polling booths, come 2012...
On to other matters. Note to self: when filming in Lesotho in sub-zero temperatures, make sure you leave enough time for the camera to acclimatize when taking said camera out of blizzard and filming in warm interior.
Spent fifteen minutes frantically roasting camera in front of roaring log fire so lens wouldn't fog up ("Has your video thingy caught a cold, love?", said the plump mom from Manchester, sipping her gluhwein.). Not great for the camera I know, but when you need to get the shot, you do tend to act a bit weird.
Opposite applies as well: the next day we moved from interior back to blizzard and I needed to use the long lens. Fogged up the minute I took it out of its case. Buried it in the snow for half an hour and it still didn't unfog in time.
So what did I do? Intrepid camerman that I am, I slung the rig under one arm, caught the ski-lift up the slope with the other, and inserted myself between the uprights of one of the Giant Slalom gates, about half-way down the slope, just under a massive incline. Skiers swore at me as they ripped past at about 100km/h, narrowly missing me and the gate.
Didn't make me the most popular person among the athletes, but the footage was terrific...
They don't know this, but seeing them do that at such close quarters gave me enormous respect for them.
You try coming down a slope at bone-breaking speeds, and clipping your turns to the minimum so your shins and arms hit those plastic gate-poles like a rifle-shot. Yes, they have shin- and elbow-guards, but it's a bit like having a face-guard and being hit by Mike Tyson. You're still going to feel it.
And yet you continue to hurl yourself at those gates all the way down... That's a madness you have to admire. Sheer aggro bullheadedness in the face of what to me seemed certain death.
And yet at the bottom, they're all humble and smiley and "yeah man I'm stoked - good run, I reckon." Hats off to you, dudes. Understated macho. Bloomin' marvelous.
Promo for TV broadcast:
The real issue is Khama is offering the US a military base in sub-Saharan Africa. Given what Juju has seen the US and Nato allies do to Brother Leader in Libya, the LAST thing Juju wants on our borders is a squadron of F22 Raptors and Cruise missiles.
Why? Because, if he comes to power, he's going to do to SA exactly what Gadaffi did to Libya and Mugabe did to Zim. (Which makes the prospect of a US base at Gaborone not such a bad idea.)
That's why Juju's elders need to tell him to shut up and sit down. But they won't. Sigh. We need a new President. Urgently. Get thee to the polling booths, come 2012...
On to other matters. Note to self: when filming in Lesotho in sub-zero temperatures, make sure you leave enough time for the camera to acclimatize when taking said camera out of blizzard and filming in warm interior.
Spent fifteen minutes frantically roasting camera in front of roaring log fire so lens wouldn't fog up ("Has your video thingy caught a cold, love?", said the plump mom from Manchester, sipping her gluhwein.). Not great for the camera I know, but when you need to get the shot, you do tend to act a bit weird.
So what did I do? Intrepid camerman that I am, I slung the rig under one arm, caught the ski-lift up the slope with the other, and inserted myself between the uprights of one of the Giant Slalom gates, about half-way down the slope, just under a massive incline. Skiers swore at me as they ripped past at about 100km/h, narrowly missing me and the gate.
Didn't make me the most popular person among the athletes, but the footage was terrific...
They don't know this, but seeing them do that at such close quarters gave me enormous respect for them.
You try coming down a slope at bone-breaking speeds, and clipping your turns to the minimum so your shins and arms hit those plastic gate-poles like a rifle-shot. Yes, they have shin- and elbow-guards, but it's a bit like having a face-guard and being hit by Mike Tyson. You're still going to feel it.
And yet you continue to hurl yourself at those gates all the way down... That's a madness you have to admire. Sheer aggro bullheadedness in the face of what to me seemed certain death.
And yet at the bottom, they're all humble and smiley and "yeah man I'm stoked - good run, I reckon." Hats off to you, dudes. Understated macho. Bloomin' marvelous.
Promo for TV broadcast:
Broadcast times:
Premier Broadcast: Mon 15 Aug 21h30, Supersport Channel 7
Repeat Broadcasts: Tue 16 Aug 15h00, Supersport Channel 7
Wed 17 Aug 11h00, Supersport Channel 5
Thu 18 Aug 22h30, Supersport Channel 6
Fri 19 Aug 06h20, Supersport Channel 7
Tue 23 Aug 08h30, Supersport Channel 6
Thu 25 Aug 15h00, Supersport Channel 7
Fri 26 Aug 20h30, Supersport Channel 6
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