Comments on: THE FATE OF ZIMBABWE - Does Violence Loom? http://www.bloggernews.net/110064 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:24:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Peter Davies http://www.bloggernews.net/110064#comment-87821 Peter Davies Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:37:02 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110064#comment-87821 Nancy, you are right about the Shona - and anyway, because they're the same tribe as Mugabe, they are slightly better off than the Ndebele. But I suspect that even the Ndebele have been subdued to the extent that they'll be unable to rebel. They have been subjected to Genocide for years by Mugabe and his North Korean trained 5th Brigade and others. Nancy, you are right about the Shona - and anyway, because they’re the same tribe as Mugabe, they are slightly better off than the Ndebele. But I suspect that even the Ndebele have been subdued to the extent that they’ll be unable to rebel. They have been subjected to Genocide for years by Mugabe and his North Korean trained 5th Brigade and others.

]]> By: Nancy Reyes http://www.bloggernews.net/110064#comment-86791 Nancy Reyes Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:51:08 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110064#comment-86791 If there is an uprising, it will be in Bulawayo with the Ndebele. The Mashona are traditionally passive, and the educated who might support getting rid of Mugabe either work for him or have fled to South Africa. Rural people won't revolt. The Mashona have no tradition of war, and don't have weapons... If there is an uprising, it will be in Bulawayo with the Ndebele.

The Mashona are traditionally passive, and the educated who might support getting rid of Mugabe either work for him or have fled to South Africa.

Rural people won’t revolt. The Mashona have no tradition of war, and don’t have weapons…

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