POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE: A MANIFESTATION OF THE INADEQUACIES OF THE CURRENT ELECTORAL SYSTEM?
The horrible intra party political violence that rocked the opposition MDC-T political party in the recent past days is a serious cause for concern to the generality of the people especially when the country is preparing to go to the polls in the next few months. Just a few weeks back, the newspapers were also awash with headlines of ZANU-PF supporters terrorising villagers in the Hwedza area as the ruling party is gearing towards the primary elections to choose the candidates to represent the party in the 2018 elections. These ugly episodes point to some serious systematic challenges that are affecting the political lives of the generality of the Zimbabwean society. There is an urgent need on the part of the political parties' leadership and the general law enforcement machinery to take an active and lead role in addressing this issue and also to ensure that going forward there will not be a repeat of such ugly incidents. It has to be noted that the safety and security of the p...