Don’t ever give up
Campaigning has been interesting. Everyone now seems to be happy to say to me, “Mugabe must go,” which last elections everyone felt, but no one dared to say. Everyone however, wants ‘something’ for their vote. Tshirt, loaf of bread, beer. This worries me. Zimbabweans are going to hand over the running of their city and country to ‘someone’ for the next five years, and they will give it to you for $12million (a loaf of bread). No wonder the country is in chaos. No one seems to pay attention, or care, to who is running their affairs.
On the other hand, support is huge, and varied. Thursday, walking back from the shops (not even campaigning), someone unknown to me shouts from across the street, “Hi”, then “Don’t ever give up”.
From everything I have seen (all the way to Nyanga and back), the MDC (Tsvangirai) is massively popular. The Mugabe Zanu PF is massively unpopular. Zanu PF will steal the election again – they have to, they cannot go without a fight, so what is the opposition’s Plan B? I suspect they are going to sit down and discuss it again, as they did last time. So I am feeling a tad depressed. However, we play the part we can play. Which for you means, get out there and vote. Just by physically standing in a voting queue will mean that you have impact.