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SOME 100 Zanu PF youths yesterday raided and burned the shrine of Johane Masowe weChishanu leader Madzibaba Ishamel Mufani on the outskirts of Harare’s Budiriro high-density suburb. Alpha Media Live

Everything was so exciting in the buildup to elections. And now… don’t you hate an anti-climax? Even the Oscar trial doesn’t seem that exciting anymore, and Nkandla… whatever, wake us up when they build Zuma a private spaceport. Isn’t it amazing how important something can seem one day and then just pfft, disappear the next. It’s like a relationship — hot and steamy in the beginning and then pfft… Nothing.

The President was heading over to the nearby Department of the Interior and decided to break with tradition and take a Springtime walk. On the way, he got a chance to meet with all sorts of folks, who weren’t expecting to meet the President of the United States of America.

It’s just gone a year since Zimbabwe signed a new constitution into law. The charter for the first time enshrines the bill of rights offering greater protection to citizens and more state accountability. But a year on, what has changed? Amnesty International says the government continues to use unconstitutional laws to repress people exercising their rights in Zimbabwe.