If Zimbabwe Is A Constitutional Democracy, Why Are Its Citizens Not Free?

Our state of democracy produces vindictive politics, disputed electoral outcomes and questionable judicial judgements Rejoice Ngwenya There is irrefutable evidence that freedom – be it economic or political – has strong bearing on the quality of lives of citizens. We human beings are like air surrounded by a vacuum – we have a natural propensity to ‘break out and be free’. What we know is that there can never be true freedom in the absence of effective, liberal democracy. That is not a contested fact.