Article: Hail the murderer Surprise, surprise: Mugabe has won again. So much for Our Holy Tone's mission to 'heal Africa'! Death of democracy: Zanu PF supporters carry a mock coffin for defeated opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

Byline: ANN LESLIE

SURPRISE, surprise, 78-year-old President Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe has won his fifth presidential election in his 22 years of power in Zimbabwe.

Let's face it, a dictator like Mugabe can always 'win' any election if (taking his tip from his hero Stalin) he chooses to murder, mutilate and torture his opponents, charge the opposition leader with treason, burn down opposition activists' homes, stuff ballot-boxes, blithely override High Court rulings, rig the ballot, place the names of dead and/or underage 'voters' on the register, disenfranchise legitimate voters, abduct accredited election monitors (several of whom are still ...

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