| | There has been a vigorous debate on the forms and content of 'democracy' in contemporary Zimbabwe. The debate still rages. It focuses on broad but interrelated themes: the arguments for and against the creation of a one-party state and the accountability of the political leadership to the masses; the land question as the countdown towards the scrapping of the Lancaster House constitution in 1990 continues; and on the new (more liberal) investment code, particularly its strictures on labour. The significance of this debate, which the state-controlled media has failed to muzzle, is that it indicates the emergence of a resilient democratic political culture. It also points to different strands of thought on these central issues whose resolution will contribute in one way or another to the trajectory of Zimbabwean politics. |
