Zimbabwe: Mugabe Calls the Tune, Delegates Sing Along

opinion

WATCHING Zanu PF people's conference from outside, a person can be forgiven for assuming that decisions in that party are made bottom up with resolutions coming from over 4 500 delegates who would have first consulted members at cell, branch, district and provincial levels.

However, this is only a veneer as the decision-making process in the party, even at conferences, is entrenched within a small clique controlled by President Robert Mugabe and there is total disregard of views from the grassroots.

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