Zimbabwe: Behind Mugabe's Iron Curtain by Kieran Dodds (30 images)
Golidem has seen a lot in her 94 years. Sitting on the floor of her hut, surrounded by a few meagre possessions and cradling her one-month old great grandson Nkosina lovingly in her arms, she talks eloquently of another time in Zimbabwe, a time when the country was a beacon of hope across Africa.
Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe is characterised by poverty, corruption, disease and oppression but the country's people remain resilient and proud. Improvements to the food supply, an economy...
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Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe is characterised by poverty, corruption, disease and oppression but the country's people remain resilient and proud. Improvements to the food supply, an economy...
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![61 year old Cletios has been the victim of political violence due to his opposition to the ruling Zanu PF. "For 3 days they [Zanu PF supporters] came to my house. They were singing. They would come twice a day, in the afternoon and the evening. When this happened I would go to the police. What I saw is that a good number of the police were supporting ZPF." He says, "At 12 o clock on 26 June, more than 200 members of ZPF supporters came. All of them were wearing ZPF t-shirts. They were in 2 groups. Each group had a commander. They came to my house and tried to steal the vegetables from my market garden. I didn't allow them. They went away and a bigger group came back. They tried to force open my gate and I threatened the man who wanted to open the gate with a metal rod. I found a heavy rock, weighing about 2kg. I came out of my house and was prepared for a fight where I might die. They ran away."](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000o5MXMQAlZCs/t/200/I0000o5MXMQAlZCs.jpg)
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![69 year old Jessica has been the victim of political violence due to her opposition to the ruling Zanu PF. All she says is, "I am old. My home was destroyed [by Zanu PF supporters]. I want to be able to work again."](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000k41HcszE.X4/t/200/I0000k41HcszE.X4.jpg)
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