Are anarchists born or created by circumstances in which they find themselves? African politics would seem to point to the latter. Self made anarchists you would say! We have in Zimbabwe a whole nation reeling under hardships with everyone including the mighty World Bank saying this is something that has never been seen outside a war zone. Interesting then the fires of a war zone are apparently being stoked as the nation awaits the outcome of March 29 polls, with the people’s party Zanu PF leading at the last count.

Someone asked an important question that has always lingered in the country’s political discourse: do rural folks honestly “adore” Zanu PF? And this was asked in the aftermath of the party of blood (bloody party if you fancy) registering mad votes in rural areas where the likes of Joice Mujuru, Bright Matonga etc claimed ridiculously huge votes. The profits of the Farm Mechanisation Programme perhaps?

But one has to take the pulse in the urban streets since the 29th of March – the people have had it, and if they are not pushed to anarchy and wild orgies of protests then it remains in the domain of the esoteric as one attempts to decipher why Zimbabweans will never rise and claim their right to a better life.

This entry was posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:25 am by Marko Phiri and is filed under Activism, Elections 2008, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.