It will not be easy. The state-owned media does not cover the opposition. The black-out can be petty at times. Sibindi reworded it blandly. Sibindi wanted the advertisement to run so he changed it.
Fear works against political participation.
The memory of the massacres of the 1980s across Matabeleland is still fresh. People are afraid to speak out, even to attend our rallies, says Bhekinkosi Khumalo, a Zapu 2000 supporter. Apathy does the rest. Poverty is worse in drought-prone Matabeleland, where three out of four rainy seasons fail. In eight months, the city of one million could run out of water.