In the news this week is the Australian Cricket team's tour to Zimbabwe. There are not many reasons why it should go ahead – irrespective of concerns about who will pay the fee (Given the situation, Australia could refuse to pay the fee?). Here are some comments from Henry Olonga (one of Zimabwe’s former players, who famously took the field with a black armband to protest against the government).
Governing is about leading, it would be good to see our government continue to show leadership on this issue (see this piece from The Australian).
I don’t think the decision should be left to the players to make. Ultimately the real losers in this are the young Zimbabwean Cricketers, which are already facing a badly funded and run association, and they will lose the chance to play an Australian team (perhaps minus a few of its key players).
In all honesty; Australia cancelling the tour is not really likely to cause active change in Zimbabwe; but by taking a moral stand it does draw international attention to an offensive regime.
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But as I write about the Australian Cricket team’s potential visit to Zimbabwe and the attention being drawn to one African regime; I find it quite sad that another African Regime in Sudan, almost escapes media attention (see my last post).
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