We have a good news-bad news situation.<\/p>\n
On the bad news side, we have Mugabe sending the state security apparatus to do violence to and to otherwise intimidate the electorate<\/a>, reports of a humanitarian crisis<\/a>, what appears to be a On the brighter side, it appears that the Chinese arms shipment to Mugabe won’t be unloaded anytime soon, as you have impound orders from banks<\/a> against the ship, US pressure to prevent offloading of the cargo<\/a>, dock workers refusing to offload the cargo<\/a>, and indications that the even the Chinese are backing down on the shipment<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sane people know that when you get dumped by the Chinese, it’s game over.<\/p>\n Also, it appears that military leaders, and not<\/span> Mugabe are increasingly making the day to day decisions in Zimbabwe<\/a>, though it indicates how bad thing are when a slow motion coup d’etat is considered progress.<\/p>\n It also appears that the ANC is firmly turning against Thabo Mbeki’s policy of favoring Mugabe<\/a>.<\/p>\n
wafe of refugees fleeing the country<\/a>, and credible reports of
vote theft in the legislative elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n