Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said there had been child soldiers in the rebel ranks and that the South Africans had fought them, as one could not blow kisses and hand out sweets to an armed child.
Central and eastern Europe are most exposed to euro-zone bank deleveraging, and the huge importance of the euro area in the region's trade will deal it a further blow (see right-hand chart).
But they survived some real pressure as David Murphy flashed a header inches wide of Rob Green's right-hand post and then struck the killer blow on the night - and, they hope, the tie - after introducing the fresh legs of Cole and Zavon Hines.
Chelsea rallied from the early blow and after Salomon Kalou was denied a strong first-half penalty claim he was on hand to fire Chelsea level after half-time.