Africa Works

Let’s hope Morgan Tsvangirai has not only now realized that Robert Mugabe is merely the old worn-out front-man for the corrupt clique that runs Zimbabwe. In any case, his days of calling Mugabe a political opponent are over. Taking a lesson from Orwell, Tsvagirai, the best hope to spare Zimbabwe’s people even further distress and anguish, has started speaking truth to power, insisting that Zimbabwe’s government is essentially a “military junta.”

Even these two words are polite.