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Zimbabweans have mostly relied on political parties and elections to make their preferences known, but recently there has been an upsurge in protests, demonstrations, petitions, campaigns, marches, and organisations that pursue a people’s demand for both social justice and political change.
Kingstone Jambawo – Democracy should allow individuals periodic opportunities to freely communicate their preferences to their leaders through regularly scheduled elections. ZANU PF has used it’s confrontational strategies to silence critics and political opposition parties for as long as it has been in power. It has used the army, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and turned the country’s vulnerable youths into the dreaded notorious Green Bomber militias to force the opposition out of electoral contests.
By Kingstone Jambawo Coalitions have been known to win elections against some of the most brutal dictatorships in the world from the likes of Augusto Pinochet of Chile to the recent ousting of the Gambian dictator, Yahya Jammeh. We do not need an opinion poll to measure the mood of hope and optimism among most […]
By Kingstone Jambawo There is probably an element of truth in that the Zimbabwe elections will always be determined by the rural vote. Opposition parties are yet to focus specifically on the contributions of the rural voters in shaping the Zimbabwe election outcomes. In 2000 there were 99.97 % of registered voters in rural areas […]