A question about Zimbabwe (was: Re: Timor again (sorry Lou))

["Alan Bradley" <alanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Macdonald Stainsby
> Both Mandela and Gusmao have acheived brilliant deeds: end of direct,
racist
> and evil rule. However, this analogy rings another truth- they both get
> played up by the modern media because neither is pushing beyond the basic

> gains- in other words, both sold their soul for a little bit, to give up
the
> real game. Something that Kabila and Mugabe appear not to have done,
keeping
> them on the "bad" list.

Could someone (one of the South Africans, perhaps?) give us a bit of
information on what Mugabe is doing these days?  I've read that there is a
bit of popular opposition to him.

Alan Bradley
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