“A niece of prime minister Tsvangirai is involved in an attempt to grab a
farm in the Chegutu district. Dr. Arikana Chihombori, who lives in the
United States and practices family medicine in Antioch, Tennessee, has been
actively trying to seize De Rus Farm from Mr L J Cremer since late last
year.”

I say again: The ONLY thing that will distinguish the MDC from ZANU-PF in the long run will be an absolute commitment to justice and democracy at every turn.

By that yardstick, does that make these ongoing abductions of MDC people similarly ‘isolated incidents blown out of proportion’?

Of course not. But while we may forgive the PM for taking so long to bring about democratic reforms (no-one pretends this is an easy or quick task), we cannot forgive his increasing tendency to publicly gloss over lawlessness and ongoing violence by ZANU agents against our people.

The MDC needs to remember that the only thing that will distinguish them from ZANU-PF in the long run will be an absolute commitment to justice and democracy at every turn.