A hard rain’s a-falling in Zimbabwe – Cathy Buckle
Life returned to Zimbabwe this week but I can’t say the same about common sense and priorities in our beleaguered land, writes Cathy Buckle.
Life returned to Zimbabwe this week but I can’t say the same about common sense and priorities in our beleaguered land, writes Cathy Buckle.
Anthea Jeffery thinks the temptation to use violence for political gain is likely to grow: especially so if the police continue to turn a blind eye to coercion from Umkhonto’s supposed veterans.
While Cathy Buckle is seeing all walks of life get behind the green, black, yellow, red and white flag of Zimbabwe, she knows it’s going to be ‘Hard’ fight.
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has dismissed demands by once stalwart war veteran supporters to quit, saying he was in power by popular vote.
Veterans who fought against white minority rule in the former British colony turned on their long-time ally and commander on Thursday, calling him a dictator.