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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke in Chegutu

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: We have a new chance zimbabwe gears up for elections after mugabe | History Defined

Activists from the youth arm of the ruling Zanu-PF party attend a rally in Harare, Zimbabwe
Activists from the youth arm of the ruling Zanu-PF party attend a rally in Harare, Zimbabwe. Photograph: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images

The president and his wife drive slowly across the dusty sports ground, preceded by a pickup full of local reporters, flanked by a crowd of excited teenagers, and followed by a large cloud of dust. Banners are held aloft, flags waved.

Zimbabwe’s election campaign has reached Chegutu, a small agricultural town on the high, flat uplands 70 miles west of Harare.

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