Question:

Which building would you be visiting in Harare, Zimbabwe if you encountered the following?

Broken windows
Dirty windows
Overpowering smell of urine from the toilets
Overgrown grass
Enough flies to feast on
Rubble outside the front doors
Beer can/coke bottle lying in the courtyard

Answer:

Harare Magistrates Court

I was there yesterday evening in support of a colleague who has arrested for attending a meeting. The charges are entirely spurious. Treason? For watching a dvd on the Egyptian protests and discussing them?

I felt dirty when I left court yesterday.

Not only from the effects of the shabby building, but also because I’d been in the presence of so little real justice.

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