Zim leaders too immature to understand democracy

I KNOW that Zimbabweans have resigned themselves to expecting anything from their leaders — no matter how horrendous and disgraceful — as that has been the shameful hallmark of the regime ever since taking power in 1980.

From the cold-blooded massacre of over 20 000 innocent men, women, and children purely based on ethnicity, and butchering hundreds more for supporting the opposition — to maiming, abducting, torturing, beating up, and arresting perceived political opponents on spurious charges as well as burning down their homes.

One would have thought we had seen it all in Zimbabwe — yet, what I read in the media yesterday was even more shocking.

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