How many factions does the MDC as we thought we knew it now have, that is adding from the mudslinging that has followed the elevation of Welshman Ncube who elbowed out Mutambara?

Is this not yet another tragedy of African politics that pretenders to the throne turn against each other and take their eyes off the prize, that is unseat an unpopular democracy? Small wonder then that frustrated analysts and kosher opposition politicians are always quick to say Zanu PF has mastered the game and creates these spoilers to enfeeble what would have been the party that forms the next government. So, when elections are eventually called be sure to see 20 or even 50 parties emerging from the woodwork to claim their place in the ballot as has been seen elsewhere in Africa. They are quick to call it democracy but it is rather more of multiparty elections than multiparty politics because, outside election season they hibernate and are known only to their spouses. But still that’s a big MAYBE.

Now with the numerous MDCs who will fight it out with other unknown political outfits, who can write Zanu PF’s epitaph?

This entry was posted on January 20th, 2011 at 1:43 pm by Marko Phiri and is filed under Governance, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.