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'THE LAST KICKS FROM A DYING HORSE?' MUGABE AND ZIMBABWE.

From: Contemporary Review  |  Date: 9/1/2000  |  Author: Hamill, James

ON 24-25 June, the people of Zimbabwe voted in parliamentary elections held against a backdrop of violence, intimidation and outright political gangsterism unleashed by President Robert Mugabe and his ruling ZANU-PF party. Although the deploying of such crude tactics helped ZANU-PF secure a narrow parliamentary majority, the outcome has seen a further destabilisation and fracturing of Zimbabwean society. However, over the medium to longer term, a fundamental shift in the balance of ...

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