What We Don't Know
Victory celebrations, confusion, uncertainty. That's the air that Harare's breathing today. 'Zvinhu hazvina kumira bho' says a well known forex dealer to me. 'No, its looking good actually,' I tell him. 'MDC is beating ZANU by far at the moment.' Jealous, a quiet waiter, serving me coffee comments 'So its bad heh?!' 'No, they're winning actually, Jealous,' I have to affirm. 'Tsvangirai is ahead in the presidential elections'. The MDC is holding press conference after press conference while many people are holding zvakapressa conferences. Many think things have gone terribly wrong in the elections because the message from the MDC hasn't filtered to them. And the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is announcing results at the pace of a wheelchair-less cripple making their way down a power-cut Parirenyatwa corridor.
'Tahwina!' is the other popular cry that lives beside the uncertainty. Those who have got access to MDC information have erupted into parties. The popular suburb of Highfields was a people's carnival last night as residents celebrated the MDC success in their constituency. The riot police arrived and politely asked them to carry on partying the following day. The residents, stunned by the calm police force, agreed. The table next to me at the Book Cafe has been an all-day drinking session as they drink to victory and joke about ZANU's failure. Victory is in the air. But so is uncertainty. MDC has quite likely won a big victory in the polls but the updates aren't getting out to the people. The townships should be filled with flyers, pamphlets and megaphones updating the people. And the MDC should build this hope so that if ZANU does try and steal this election then the people will resist. We can defend victory. We can't defend what we don't know.
For local and international press about Comrade Fatso and MAGAMBA! see the following:
- A documentary on AlJazeera featuring Fatso and other prominent Zimbabwe artists:
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8597805A-AF9B-4188-B60C-322E579D28D4.htm
- An article about Fatso's new album House Of Hunger:
- A Reuters article about Fatso and other Zimbabwean bloggers in the struggle for democracy:
http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L31416570.htm?=_lite_&1=
Comments
very pregnant.
push push push
is it a boy? is it a girl? Is it a new Zimbabwe?
push push push.
we are waiting to cerebration.
ha Comrade i havnt slept since saturday, just waiting on these results...its been a ROLLER COASTER RIDE..but like Eddie Cross said "The last kicks of a dying horse"..he just wrote an article on www.thezimbabwean.co.uk which gives me a lot of hope...JONGWE RAMU POTO,no doubt..ZVAKWANA, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH..i think we will overcome..we just have to be super pacient..BUT I THINK THIS WEEKEND IM GONA SPEND IT IN CRATES OF ALCOHOL..
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Dear Zimbabweans,
My heart and soul is with you in these difficult times. I wish you courage and patience, even more than you have already shown. I’m in France and news is hard to come by. I have read much contradicting informations and just hope that they are just playing for time to prepare themselves (mostly) for change. I cannot believe that Bob will not heed the word of all the people of Zimbabwe. If he will not listen and stays then I will devote more of my time campaigning for change and helping the people of Zimbabwe.
I have read the interesting article that Hilary links to above, that gave me a bit of hope and is worth a read while we wait. You can see it at the link above in Hilarys post.
Take care all of you and keep your chin up…
I hope that Zims will discover its real self soon.
Makorokoto Zimbabwe
Regard, Dennis Jones
Comrade, thank you for posting this. I'm
Comrade, thank you for posting this. I'm in Bermuda, but I'm on the phone to Zim as we speak (shocking, I know, that we were able to get a line!) and, while constantly refreshing the news pages, desperate for any new reports, there's nothing like hearing from the streets.
All our hearts and prayers are with you all. Please remember that what we're seeing here in the West is all for the good.
Zvakwana.
(Sorry about the double post. It cut it off while I registered.)