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Address given to the Theological College of Zimbabwe Seminar: 18 May 1995

In Nehemiah 9:13 we read:

“You came down on Mount Sinai; you spoke to them from heaven. You gave them regulations and laws that are just and right, and decrees and commands that are good.”

There is a major difference between law and justice. Very often we mix up the two concepts and believe that laws must be inherently just. God’s laws are always just. Man’s laws are sometimes just but very often unjust and wrong. Man’s laws therefore must always be compared with God’s laws. Ultimately we are called upon to obey God and his laws and standards of justice, not man and his laws.

Accordingly as we come to study the legal and justice situation in Zimbabwe we need to do the same. It is important that we do not take a superficial view of our laws and legal system. On the face of it we do appear to have reasonable laws, a Constitution which is complied with by our Government and a strong justice system. On closer inspection, and especially as we consider our laws and legal system in comparison with God’s laws and God’s standards of justice I believe you will realise that there is very little justice in Zimbabwe, many of our laws are wholly unjust and our legal system as a whole is faltering and in danger of becoming unjust in itself.

SENIOR GOLFER’S SOCIETY: NATIONALS

Mr President, Honoured guests, Senior Golfers,

When Mike Greenfield asked me to propose a toast tonight my first thought was: “What the hang can I say that will be vaguely relevant to Senior Golfers?” And then I thought: “Why reflect on the last 20 years or so I have been playing golf - many of the old codgers have been greatly responsible for moulding the game in this country….. and perhaps we can learn something”. I think it is always important to reflect on the past so that we can learn for the future.

I think golf in this country has matured and improved in parallel with our wines. Drinking a fine wine tonight I recalled my first contact with Rhodesian wines at the wedding of one of Jack Gorton daughter’s weddings in the early seventies. I had an excess of terrible wine and suffered greatly. Monty Python once did a spoof regarding Australian wines and the Australian Wino Society which went as follows: “The Sydney syrup is a fine wine with a bouquet like an aborigine’s armpit. For those keen on regurgitation another fighting wine is the Perth Pink. Every bottle has a message on it. And the message is: “Beware. This is not a wine for drinking - this is a wine for laying down and avoiding!” I should think that the same epithets could be used to describe Rhodesian wines. Except that the bouquet would probably smell like a Bushman’s armpit. Be that as it may our wines have certainly improved since then and now our international standing in golf has improved as well through the likes of Nick Price.