Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I have noticed the biggest number that most Swazis comfortable with is one million…asibheje…it is just hard to write the number two hundred and fifty billion in numerals.
I am drawing this issue of numbers because I have read recent reports that the global population is set to hit seven billion by the end of October .Even though I wouldn’t want to dwell much on such findings because I am not qualified to do so but such has led to yours truly having sleepless nights and thought of the births in the my tiny country’s hospitals…I think it is a number that is so large we can only get our heads around it by means of blank comparisons.
With seven billion people expected by month end in world it is not a number which is bewildering but psychologically oppressive. It is not a hidden fact that as Swazis we think of ourselves as unique individuals with our own thoughts, cultural beliefs and monarchy. The question then remains that with so many people we have in the world do we still find ourselves unique.
With the current economic, political and administrative insanity do we still find ourselves distinctive when every week we experiencing protest marches about anything that is happening in our surroundings. I am waiting for the day that all of the people of Swaziland would wake up at night and protest that this summer days are longer than night.
Swazis Unique? Mhm! I have read that you might find that while in Swaziland we are enjoying bedroom aerobics it is more likely that there are 25 000 other couples doing exactly the same thing, possibly in the same position.
When we bite a mealie cob you might find that even two million people in the other parts of the world moving their canines on the produce (even though in some parts they receive it canned)
Even if we die in Swaziland you might find that 100 people are also losing their breath and hoping to settle well in heaven or hell.
With the above point I wish our government to at least try and revisit our immigration laws because with the little space we have, we are just flooded by these Asians. The country’s population is not growing not because Swazis love sex but because of our loop holes on the arrival of the so called business people…Let us just enjoy our space and not have Swazis with alien surnames like mine….I just love Swaziland
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