MDC Heckle Mugabe
Even mildly witty. Perhaps, though, none to wise. On the other hand, mockery of a tyrant is often a useful form of deflation. We can but hope that the same brutal treatment meted out to their fellow party members is not inflicted upon them as a response. It should be recalled that when Mugabe faced fierce central urban opposition his “Slum clearances” of Operation Murambatsvina affected almost two and a half million Zimbabweans. To bet against Mugabe being capable of such thuggery today would be unwise, given that the military have given him their whole hearted backing and the violence meted out upon MDC supporters is both well documented and on-going. In this respect the MDC’s efforts to goad him could be predicted to have less than pleasing consequences.
The indications are positive, at least, in so far as Mugabe’s force of intimidation has clearly been weakened. Let us hope that this is the third step in his downfall (the first and second being his losses) rather than the inspiration for a final bout of barbaric brutality.
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