Further, many analyses of Zimbabwe rely on the simplistic notion that removing President Robert Mugabe will solve everything. As activists, we do need to expose every human rights violation, every breach of the rule of law, and every corrupt act. The people of Zimbabwe have shown their patience, their determination and their bravery in holding general elections, in voting, and in constantly organizing in many civil society organizations to resolve the problems. The press daily criticizes any abrogation of law and order by the government, and it is exposing corruption, probably to a higher degree than the US establishment media is exposing US corruption. The churches are a strong voice of conscience, with leaders assisting in democratic organizing.
Labor is highly organized and militant, as the recent general strike revealed.
The women are working in at least two dozen organizations to be represented in the political discussions, in land redistribution, in stopping the violence, in ending the HIV-Aids crisis. National developmental NGOs are highly efficient and working to overcome the extreme poverty by empowering rural peoples. As for the government itself, within the parliament, the debates are very lively and highly critical of executive branch policy. Only the executive branch of the government is still acting unilaterally and very often, irresponsibly. One could point out many governments, including the USA, when such a case was operative, and it took time to change it.