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Thabani Ndlovu, 24, used to love karate. Now he lies emaciated and barely moving on a ratty mattress in a patch of winter sunlight in his father's backyard, dying of a disease that is ravaging his country.

I try and imagine what it would be like to be in this fellow's shoes. What a sad, miserable life it must be. Shame on the G8 leaders for not bringing Zimbabwe up at their recent meeting. And that goes double for the African leaders that condone Mugabe's thuggery with their silence. Damn them all for their silence on this matter, and attempting to brush it under the rug. I don't want a penny of aid to go to Zimbabwe, not a bit of it will reach those that need it and they don't deserve it with what they have done to the farmers.