Robert Mugabe stole an election. He did so in plain view of journalists, aid workers, diplomats and heads of state. His brutality before the vote resulted in the deaths of about 100 Zimbabweans, the detention of some 2,000, injury to 10,000 and the displacement of more than 200,000.

Mugabe has resurrected the claims of Louis XIV and Charles I's divine right to rule: "Only God who appointed me will remove me - not the MDC, not the British", he declared at a rally in Bulawayo. As he made these pronouncements deadly political violence spread across Zimbabwe like a wild fire with more and more people falling victim to its consuming flames.

Robert Mugabe's inauguration in Harare yesterday, if it was not deadly serious, would go down in history as the most deranged piece of political satire ever.

After writing the article on wolves, there was an out cry from men, with some completely denying that they could be wolves, some going as far as calling their player ways, 'courtship' and some calling for a write up on female wolves. For weeks, I have pondered on this topic, i.e, does the playette really exist?