David Smith

Africa Correspondent, Guardian

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David Smith Africa Correspondent, Guardian @SmithInAfrica
"Now we hear that Zanu-PF enjoys massive support in this and that province. That’s a total lie!" Tawanda Majoni: thez.im/s/65608

Zanu (PF) strongholds - nothing but a myth

thezimbabwean.co — Majoni Mashonaland provinces. From the time the MDC was formed, it became a constructed reality that rural areas were Zanu (PF) territories while urban areas were for the former. The media is equally culpable for perpetuating this illusion. Directly put, it is a myth to classify some areas as Zanu (PF) strongholds in terms of voting numbers.
David Smith Africa Correspondent, Guardian @SmithInAfrica
Mtetwa: "Look at South Africa – who'd have thought apartheid would crumble the way it did? It might not come today but it will happen."
David Smith Africa Correspondent, Guardian @SmithInAfrica
Mtetwa: "I'm very hopeful because, if I wasn't, I would just give up. For me the biggest hope comes from history. Change has always come."
David Smith Africa Correspondent, Guardian @SmithInAfrica
Mtetwa: You will not hear the opposition on state radio. "You cannot talk a level playing field when there is no access to the media."
David Smith Africa Correspondent, Guardian @SmithInAfrica
Mtetwa: "I think everybody knows that right now you campaign if you are allowed to. You can be shut down." MDC youth leader was arrested.
David Smith Africa Correspondent, Guardian @SmithInAfrica
Mtetwa: "When I was beaten up, the first thing I did was to go and sue." The judge is sitting on it.
David Smith Africa Correspondent, Guardian @SmithInAfrica
Mtetwa: "Torture has flourished in Zimbabwe because there has been impunity." We wait to see if the new constitution will make a difference
David Smith Africa Correspondent, Guardian @SmithInAfrica
Mtetwa on elections: "I really don't know. It's in Sadc's court... Will Sadc demand that basic minimum guidelines be complied with?"
David Smith Africa Correspondent, Guardian @SmithInAfrica
Mtetwa: Rule of law depends on political will. "Politicians by nature are chameleon-like. What they say today is not what they do tomorrow."
David Smith Africa Correspondent, Guardian @SmithInAfrica
Mtetwa: Glad to learn about prison. "Nobody tells you what it's like to hold your wee from 3.30 in the afternoon to 6.30 in the morning."
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