My Sweet Brown Sugar

My Sweet Brown Sugar.

My Sweet Brown Sugar

First, lemme say I just wrote this, not intending for it to be a poem or anything

You look tired baby
Let me take off your shoes
Let your woman relax your mind,
Take care of you
Let me run you a hot bath,
call my name if you need company
Oh by the way, dinner’s ready
After your bath, we can eat and talk about the day
And then… well you know how it ends

Here comes my favourite part
I look into your eyes
Your beautiful brown eyes
I see your beautiful soul
But when I look deeper I see my own soul
We both know where this leads
But we still love the suspense

We’ve been waiting for this moment all day
We here now
Passion engulfs the room
Consumes you and I, somehow we manage to hold back
Giving slowly
Sweet brown sugar
Magnificient being
Unique, perfectly sculptured in the image of the Divine Father
You stand tall above all men
Hold me till the break of dawn
May our bodies souls and minds be one tonight
My rock, my king, my partner, my friend
My sweet brown sugar

SWOT ANALYSIS COMMENTS

Most of what I have said has been said before, and it will continue to be said, unfortunately, it appears our current situation will continue for at least another generation. We have had leaders with colorful visions, the type that make you feel as though they have the map to El Dorado. The plot hardly changes: new leader with a nice sounding dream; success in the first term only to lose the plot in the second term. But it is never just the leader’s fault, throw in some hero worship here, bag of honorary titles there add to the leader’s already inflated ego, some scores to settle with old foes, and you have the story of malawian politics.

It is quite obvious that our traditional government system has failed us. We have a chaotic political system, politicians defect to the party of the day at the drop of a hat. Not because they like the policies, but for ministerial positions. Some of our cabinet ministers are not even experts in their field, you find a former minister of health, who was former minister of foreign affairs, now minister of energy and mining. Perfect example of ‘Jack of all trades, master of none’. In other countries, cabinet ministers are not always members of any party, some are not even members of parliament. In Italy for example, there was so much political chaos that eventually led to a devastating economic crisis in 2011. A new Prime Minister was appointed, a man who is not even a seasoned politician. His cabinet consists of 17 technocrats, a third of them professors and not all have political affiliations.

There are many highly educated malawians, brilliant minds, with fresh ideas and no particular political affiliations. Why not take the route of Italy and have such a think tank in the corridors of power? I for one, would take that over the recycled politicians we have been used to

MALAWI: SWOT ANALYSIS

STRENGTHS:

1. It’s peaceful
2. Generally unified despite the prejudice against northerners
3. Good population growth, resulting in a large future potential workforce

WEAKNESSES:

1. Most malawians are timid
2. People are easily impressed with shortterm successes, hence easily taken for a ride
3. Laziness and failure to think out of the box
4. There is a lot of complacency: after a little success, we relax and stop pushing further
5. We fail to learn from history and same mistakes keep being made
6. Our leaders are put on a pedestal, turning mere mortals into deities and this makes them think they are beyond reproach

OPPORTUNITIES:

1. A lot of fresh water: Lake Malawi is ranked 8th largest lake in the world, with the most species of fish
– we could have a booming hotel industry centered around our lake like shoreline cities like Florida, Cape Town
-we could have beautiful aquariums where visitors would pay to see our fish
2. Uranium mining- nuclear energy as an alternative to the insufficient hydro-electric power, uranium also sold to earn forex
3. Recent discovery of a possibility of oil on Lake Malawi
4. Agriculture- our land is fertile and our products e.g rice and coffee are of high quality

THREATS
1. Corruption
2. General ignorance, mostly in rural areas where the majority live
3. Deforestation
4. Lake Malawi boarder dispute with Tanzania
5. Educated malawians leave malawi for greener pastures, the same people who could come up with innovative ideas to develop the country
6. Self-serving politicians