Airstrip One

Zimwatch: Kicking Off?

Both myself and Mr Chaston have been predicting the imminent fall of Robert Mugabe any day soon now. So the current unrest is again going to be seen as the herald of a new day, even if the FT don't agree. Although the police and army are loyal for now, if this goes on they will start thinking of their futures and then we'll see Mugabe gone. The regime will crumble quickly, it's when the crumbling starts - there's the nub of the question.