Tintin
March 22, 2005, 11:15 AM
Daily life in Zimbabwe throws up some bizarre stories, but few as odd as the one doing the rounds this week concerning the Zimbabwe Cricket Union's new logo.
Introduced in November as part of a brand re-launch, the new logo has apparently attracted the attention of the government's infamous Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) who, so the reports go, held an investigation into a possible hidden agenda.
The logo appears harmless at first glance, featuring three stumps, a white line (representing a boundary line) on a green background, and a cricket ball. But that innocence was lost on the CIO which saw more in the emblem than most. Instead of three stumps, it saw a letter M; the cricket ball became a D; and the boundary line became a C. That spelt out the initials of the Movement for Democratic Change, Zimbabwe's major opposition party.
http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/PICTURES/DB/112004/055713.jpg
http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2005/MAR/212643_ZIM_22MAR2005.html
Edited on, March 22, 2005, 4:16 PM GMT, by Tintin.
Introduced in November as part of a brand re-launch, the new logo has apparently attracted the attention of the government's infamous Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) who, so the reports go, held an investigation into a possible hidden agenda.
The logo appears harmless at first glance, featuring three stumps, a white line (representing a boundary line) on a green background, and a cricket ball. But that innocence was lost on the CIO which saw more in the emblem than most. Instead of three stumps, it saw a letter M; the cricket ball became a D; and the boundary line became a C. That spelt out the initials of the Movement for Democratic Change, Zimbabwe's major opposition party.
http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/PICTURES/DB/112004/055713.jpg
http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2005/MAR/212643_ZIM_22MAR2005.html
Edited on, March 22, 2005, 4:16 PM GMT, by Tintin.