Fixing the failed economy of Zimbabwe after Mugabe, is going to be easy compared to the task of repairing the social and psychological damage wrought on its people, especially the young.

Writing in The Washington Post, 3 July, Walter Marwizi says:

“28 years after we gained our independence, it is difficult to understand why anybody should sing war songs all night. While I struggle to make sense of this, I have to explain it to my 5-year-old son, who asks me one of the hardest questions I’ve ever heard: “Will we be safe when the war breaks out?” “No, no,” I say, trying to sound reassuring. “Nobody is going to war.” But what is happening outside, and streaming into our living room over the state-run ZBC television, where daily bulletins show Mugabe threatening war … is not reassuring…. My son and his young friends have already picked up the habit of waving their tiny fists the way Mugabe does on television. They do this at the slightest provocation. Already, the children have clashed a number of times, threatening each other with war.”

The man who made this is a hero.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/jul/04/election.zimbabwe

Those rehearsed lines aren’t coming out quite right, are they Robert…more like jibber jabber talk now.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031975/The-Dirty-Half-Dozen-The-generals-ruthless-bloodthirsty-Mugabe.html

Morgan made the right decision. Had he gone through with the June 27 election, he might now well be in jail, or at the bottem of a well.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article4271875.ece

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7487143.stm