On the eve of the World Cup finals, especially amongst Spanish communities and others who are just crazy about football, sounds of jubilation and vuvuzelas were rife in the air across South Africa. Elsewhere- same beautiful country, same beautiful time- it was the sounds of guns as three Somali men were shot down at point blank in what was suspected to be the first post World Cup xenophobia case. Or was it just the fear of xenophobia that could be smelt in the air that made everything pass for what it could be than what it really was?

On Saturday Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's daughter, Rumbidzai (24), got married to one Calvin Rufaro Nyarota (34) at a beautiful ceremony in Harare. The two had been dating for many years.

Former President Nelson Mandela's great granddaughter was killed in a car crash while returning from the 2010 FIFA World Cup kick-off concert in Soweto on Friday morning (11 June), the Nelson Mandela Foundation said.

It was the dream Crusade of many a Christian, bringing together one of the leading evangelists of our time, Joyce Meyer, and one of the best selling gospel acts ever, Hillsong, right here on Zimbabwean soil. And from the pulpit it was the dream crusade of many an evangelist- 200 000 Gospel hungry people hanging onto your every word in a nation on the verge of a new epoch- during the week you turned 68.