Let’s prove to Africa that democracy really is ‘for the people’
03 September 2023 - 00:00
Democracy, it’s been said, is government of the people, by the people, for the people. If that’s true, what do we say to the people of Zimbabwe, who have dutifully fulfilled their civic duty by voting, and yet have seen their lives going backwards with every election?..
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