by MONITOR
THE protracted death throes of democracy in Zimbabwe continue. The recent visit to Harare of South African President Mbeki, following President Mugabe's decision to quit the Commonwealth, seems to have made no difference to the general atmposphere of lawlessness and oppression. The remarkable thing, however, is how bravely and stubbornly those who still try to uphold the rule of law fight on. The principal opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, continues to hold meetings and express its views despite all the efforts of Mugabe's thugs to subjugate it and even in Zimbabwe's abused law courts there are still judges who are prepared to rule on the issues of the case in front of them rather than on what the regime wants done.
ORWELL LIVES
24/12/2003 00:00
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