Comrade Fatso’s blog Vox 2008-04-01T16:05:39Z Comrade Fatso http://comradefatso.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4142fa2f4685e/2008/03/ What We Don't Know tag:vox.com,2008-03-31:asset-6a00d4142fa2f4685e00e398eb94d20005 2008-03-31T17:09:16Z 2008-04-01T16:05:39Z Comrade Fatso http://comradefatso.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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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 mome...

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]]> The Streets tag:vox.com,2008-03-30:asset-6a00d4142fa2f4685e00e398eb24340004 2008-03-30T15:16:25Z 2008-03-30T17:02:16Z Comrade Fatso http://comradefatso.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Today the streets have a strange energy. People are waiting. Vakamirira maresults. Sundays are normally quiet in Harare’s city centre. Today the streets are shuffling from one foot to another like the thirty fourth person in a snaking bread queue...

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]]> Peace tag:vox.com,2008-03-29:asset-6a00d4142fa2f4685e00e398eae20d0004 2008-03-29T19:26:30Z 2008-03-29T19:30:51Z Comrade Fatso http://comradefatso.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Today is peaceful. Calm. Like an anesthetised patient having her stomach slit open. We drove from the elite suburbs of Borrowdale to the peopled townships of Highfields. The queues of the morning had tired into afternoon strolls into empty poll...

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]]> Independence Eve tag:vox.com,2008-03-28:asset-6a00d4142fa2f4685e00e398ea9f020004 2008-03-28T21:38:54Z 2008-03-29T02:16:21Z Comrade Fatso http://comradefatso.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Hapana chakanaka! Toonana kumastreets! Life's bad! We'll see you in the streets! This is the cry that rang out in the Avenues this evening. A rebellious chant erupting in Harare's nocturnal heart. Black, white, coloured, German, Zimbabwean, Dutch,...

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]]> Signs of the Times tag:vox.com,2008-03-27:asset-6a00d4142fa2f4685e00f48d075fb40001 2008-03-27T17:45:40Z 2008-03-28T17:23:33Z Comrade Fatso http://comradefatso.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Our town is filled with signs. Signs of frustration, suffering, humour. A town where free expression is a price-controlled commodity that only exists as an empty space on a shop shelf. We queue for things that aren't there. We read half of the tr...

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]]> Potholes or portals. tag:vox.com,2008-03-26:asset-6a00d4142fa2f4685e00e398e9f40c0005 2008-03-26T18:42:30Z 2008-03-26T18:42:30Z Comrade Fatso http://comradefatso.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Zimbabwe has become a pothole. A gaping wound with a hollow, cynical smile for all to see. Or an empty space that needs to be filled. Recreated. That's the choice for us Zimbabweans today and for the next few days. Young Zimbabweans have recently ...

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]]> The Day They Banned Toyi Toyi tag:vox.com,2008-03-21:asset-6a00d4142fa2f4685e00f48d0538290001 2008-03-21T15:41:25Z 2008-03-21T15:41:25Z Comrade Fatso http://comradefatso.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I write from my third office at the moment: Book Cafe. In the pounding, Harare heart of the Avenues. Dotted around at tables are aspiring hip hop artists planning a show and opposition politician Fay Chung having coffee. Harare's alternative real...

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