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...country - an estimated 2 to 3 million have left - are unhappy with the direction of the economy. Mugabe blames a Western conspiracy for that, and says the M.D.C. is a Western stooge. But the signs are that increasingly few are listening. Mugabe's own party, the Zanu-PF, has begun to splinter underneath him - his other main challenger is Simba Makoni, a former finance minister. And the unfettered and peaceful campaigning that the M.D.C. and Makoni have enjoyed in the past few weeks has raised doubts about whether Mugabe still commands the loyalty of the security forces, who have violently...
...Mugabe's Zanu-PF party in the run-up to the 1990 parliamentary elections featured the sounds of a car accident followed by a voiceover that intoned: "This is one way to die. Another is to vote [then opposition party] Z.U.M." In 2005, Mugabe ordered the security services to level whole districts in towns across the country, depriving 700,000 people of their homes or livelihoods out of fear that urban support for a new party, the Movement for Democratic Change (M.D.C.), would foment rebellion...
...find Makoni campaigning in their midst. The local chief, Fortune Charumbira, a member of the president's inner circle, had instructed his headmen to ensure no opposition parties campaigned in the area; he was ignored. Makoni campaigned and travelled without hindrance, and he's not alone. Scores of Zanu-PF members are, with apparent impunity, running for parliament as independents, against official candidates. "There is a turnout all over the country of opposition supporters, cheering against Mugabe," says Eldred Masunungure, a professor of political science at the University of Zimbabwe. "They would never have dared...
...this has prompted speculation that this poll may mark the beginning of the end for Mugabe, even if he gains the expected victory. "Clearly there is evidence of an implosion inside the Zanu-PF and the regime," says Masunungure. Chris Maroleng of the Institute of Security Studies in Pretoria says Mugabe's potential successors within the ruling party will "make their moves based on the outcome - a narrow win could be the cue for action from several quarters...
...teenager like Rowland, that's some pretty adult stuff. But it's impossible to forget these are still just kids. And kids don't always behave. At the PF International circuit in Lincolnshire, Rowland forced his way to the front from third spot only to swipe a couple of chasing karts off the track and earn a disqualification. "The next three to four years," says Hines, looking on at the bust-up, "are about getting that out of him." For Rowland's fellow Young Gun Nelson, these are still early days. He trailed home 13th in his Grand Prix final...