When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop.

Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to.

One thing is obvious: Our policy, which is directed at making the country ungovernable, has started to bear fruit. The process that has been initiated is irreversible.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Stop and smell the roses

The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise.