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CloseZimbabwe Walks a Tightrope
July 9, 2011
Lovemore Madhuku, Founder and President of the National Constitutional Assembly
As Zimbabwe strove for independence some decades ago, Robert Mugabe was a respected leader of a courageous freedom movement. Now, as the aged leader of a tyrannical government, he is seen by many as the chief impediment to real democracy and civic harmony in that troubled land. Lovemore Madhuku, himself a courageous opposition leader describes the stakes in a rigorous campaign to restore democracy to Zimbabwe.