Comments on: Mapping the election conditions in Zimbabwe

Mapping the election conditions in Zimbabwe

PenDevil — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:02:50 -0800

- A project of Sokwanele , the Zimbabwe Civic Action Support Group. Zimbabweans vote in presidential and parliamentary elections on March 29th.

By: Artw

Artw — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:01:47 -0800

Zimbabwe Opposition threatens post-election uprising Can they do that? My understanding of Zimbabwe was that it was basically fucked, with Mugabe holding all the cards and no kind of opposition strong enough to shift Mugabe him power.

By: Student of Man

Student of Man — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:26:02 -0800

I blame the white man. J'acusse!

By: gsteff

gsteff — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:04:34 -0800

Truly an awful situation. I have no idea what to hope for on Saturday- if Mugabe wins, ZANU will strengthen its position even further, and Mugabe's eventual successor will be equally corrupt. In the unlikely event that he loses, there will probably be civil war, and the refugee crisis will put Iraq to shame. On the other hand, perhaps once the election is over, his forces won't have to deny food to opposition party members.

By: Artw

Artw — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:05:54 -0800

There is no "if".

By: gsteff

gsteff — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:14:21 -0800

There is no "if". True. Also, though I don't watch either, I just emailed CNN and the BBC to thank them for violating Zimbabwe's government's ban on foreign media coverage of the election (at least, the government is accusing them of violating it and broadcasting from secret locations).

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:55:35 -0800

I blame the white man. Mugabe is white?

By: Artw

Artw — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:49:15 -0800

Mugabe loses rigged election!!!! (Clings on anyway)

By: Artw

Artw — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:55:40 -0800

Mugabe Set to Claim Victory

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:20:28 -0800

Zimbabwe opposition in talks with military

By: PenDevil

PenDevil — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:41:55 -0800

Zanu-PF poised to lose control Sweet Jebus let it be true.

By: Artw

Artw — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:50:11 -0800

I've held off posting any more links for a while, because it seems to be flip-flopping back and forth between Mugabe staying, Mugabe going, Mugabe in talks, Mugabe not talking, etc... etc.. without settling. (Of course, I could just get my news by watching CNN. Then I'd have no idea anything was going on at all and wouldn't have to fret about it)

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:16:39 -0800

The opposition guy has claimed victory...

By: PenDevil

PenDevil — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:05:20 -0800

Rumours in SA that Mugabe has fled to Malaysia.

By: Artw

Artw — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:26:34 -0800

Zimbabwe police raid opposition offices Here we go...

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:52:18 -0800

This will not end well.

By: Artw

Artw — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:27:15 -0800

I'm kind of suprised that South Africa isn't more vocal on this, regional power that they are. A quick google shows the SA opposition pushing for the goverment to get involved with "mediating" the dispute, but that's about it.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:29:23 -0800

"Sweet Jebus let it be true." posted by PenDevil at 3:41 AM on April 3 On a basic level I hope it is too, and it appears to be. I despise Mugabe as much (if not more) as any person with a brain would do. But really, what will change? I suspect the answer will be a big "nothing." The simple fact of the matter is that politics in that part of the world is fucked far more than in most other parts of the world, and corruption runs deep. See this cartoon for a visual aid, if you don't already get my point. Put more simply, any country where the politicians wear expensive suits and eat three square meals a day while their people live in entrenched poverty is a system where wholesale social and political change is an unlikely prospect, no matter who is in power.