Can Apples be Reaped From a Thorn Tree?
http://www.thestandard.co.zw Saturday, 31 October 2009 18:10 FROM Latin America to Asia, from Eastern Europe to Africa, long-entrenched dictatorships have given way to elected civilian governments. The final outcomes of recent transitions cannot yet be known, but it is now clear that nations emerging from dictatorship face formidable challenges as they seek to establish or restore the rule of law. This is the case that Zimbabwe is seized with and needs to address in order to return the country to democratic legitimacy after almost three decades of a Stalinist-type dictatorship. The inception of the Inclusive Government in February 2009 after the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) heralded the birth of two conflicting national legacies of democratization and dictatorship under the camouflage of sovereignty and Pan-Africanism. The contestation between these two legacies, one led by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations and the other by Zanu PF, assumed various
