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THE OPPOSITION BADGE IS STILL THERE. WHO DOES IT SERVE?
Nobody queued to vote for a Toyota Fortuner. Nobody endured intimidation so that an opposition official could acquire a better title while citizens lost their voice. Yet Zimbabweans are watching another argument over appointments inside the CCC, with precious little explanation of how any of it advances the struggle for democratic government. The latest development…
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Zimbabwe Is Not an Inheritance to Be Shared Among Powerful Men
Somewhere in Zimbabwe, a citizen is being asked to admire a crowd, applaud a donation and accept that the next president will emerge from negotiations among people whose names are already familiar. The citizen’s own preference barely enters the conversation. We are told to study the businessman, watch the general and decode the President’s intentions.…
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WHEN THE MEN AT THE TOP START TELLING ON EACH OTHER
“Are our resolutions truly coming from the people?” Constantino Chiwenga asked that question at ZANU PF’s Chinhoyi conference. It deserves to follow every delegate home. Coming from an opposition activist, it might have been dismissed as bitterness. Coming from the Vice President, standing before the President he helped install, it becomes an uncomfortable admission that…
