Defiant opposition dares to talk victory Zimbabwe's newfound will for cha

[WhiteTara]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12686458%255E2703,00.html
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AS the drums sound at the Chimanimani Golf Club, a shy-looking
white woman appears in front of several thousand jubilant
supporters. Her husband is in jail. Her farm has been seized.
She has no record as a politician, and President Robert Mugabe
wants her out of the country.

Yet the overwhelmingly black population of this rural
constituency has insisted she stand as their candidate in
Thursday's election. And Heather Bennett, 42, whose campaign
has become a symbol of the defiance and optimism that has
swept through Zimbabwe over the past week, has an excellent
chance of winning.

Too bad we don't know how to keep OUR democracy.