Zimbabwe
 

What a joy it is to see the Zimbabwe people out on the street celebrating the long overdue 'resignation' of Mugabe. Some good news to enjoy :thumbup:

Re: Zimbabwe
 

Structurally nothing changes. It still remains an authoritarian state, with one dictator about to be replaced by another, who will continue protect the entrenched interests of Zanu-PF.

Zim is just 'Animal Farm' personified...

Re: Zimbabwe
 

The people on the streets appear to have a different outlook.

Re: Zimbabwe
 

I heard an apt description of the situation yesterday, it compared it to a snake shedding it's skin, new skin, same snake.

Re: Zimbabwe
 

Obviously Zim won't be changed in a day, a month or a year. But it's the end of a cynical old regime and the start of a new chapter. Plenty of articulate hopeful people on the streets, it's a young population, time to be positive not negative.

Re: Zimbabwe
 

They should probably save most of their celebrations until they discover what the next regime looks like. :unsure:

Re: Zimbabwe
 

Yup an internal renewal of Zanu PF.

I did see an interview with a young Zanu PF MP who had worked in New York for 10 years. He didn't seem too bad.

It's like China or Russia. Essentially a one party nation with some ineffective opposition groups because they have no control over the army or police.

I wonder if it will get better when the last proper war veteran dies?

I actually thought a bloody coup would have been better in the long term with Zanu PF splitting and having to compete more for the people.

Anyway we'll see how it unfolds.