AFRICAN EYE

Zimbabwean Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the presidential elections in 2008 citing political violence against his supporters. He won the first round of elections in March 2008 but failed to get the majority to be sworn into office. There has been talk or speculation in the media of elections next year in 2011.While it is a very good thing to wish for, one question that we must not ignore is whether or not the people of Zimbabwe are really ready for elections. There is truism that the people are not ready yet. I am forced to pose this question by events that unfolded on the 25th of March at a public debate hosted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute. The debate was hinged on the subject of sanctions that have continued to dog the performance of the inclusive government. The motion put in play was whether or not the sanctions debate among the political parties in the inclusive government was going to lead to the debacle of the government. Most of the parties in the i