Yesterday, taking a friend to the airport, we were traveling along Borrowdale Road which turns into 7th Street and where you come upon State House and where you find soldiers dressed in full battlefield regalia and wielding guns with bayonets. Many Zimbabweans hold their breath while passing State House – you don’t want your car to break down, get a flat or get in an accident. Because if you do – yeah, and its All Your Fault – the army boys will smack you black and blue. Anyway, back to the beginning. Yesterday traffic had backed up in the left lane and those of us in the car wondered what was going on. A kombi driver and his mate, in a sweat of panic, were pushing their taxi backwards down Borrowdale Road. To avoid being beaten.

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