Olonga fights for NZ

WELLINGTON – Zimbabwe’s first black Test cricketer Henry Olonga arrived in New Zealand yesterday to campaign for the cancellation of New Zealand’s tour to his former home next month.

Olonga, who left Zimbabwe in 2003 after wearing a black armband in a World Cup match to protest human rights abuses, said the situation there should be seen in the same light as apartheid was in South Africa. “I personally believe it shouldn’t go ahead simply because what is happening to people in Zimbabwe is just terrible,” he said on Radio New Zealand.The New Zealand government has been pressing cricket’s world body to cancel the tour amid the campaign by President Robert Mugabe’s government to demolish shacks and other illegal homes and businesses, leaving at least 200 000 homeless, according to the United Nations.-Nampa-Reuters”I personally believe it shouldn’t go ahead simply because what is happening to people in Zimbabwe is just terrible,” he said on Radio New Zealand.The New Zealand government has been pressing cricket’s world body to cancel the tour amid the campaign by President Robert Mugabe’s government to demolish shacks and other illegal homes and businesses, leaving at least 200 000 homeless, according to the United Nations.-Nampa-Reuters