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      Zimbabwean workers, the MDC & the 2000 election

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            For the first time since Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980, the country's president, Robert Mugabe, faces serious opposition. In the elections, held in June, the worker‐backed Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won 57 out of 120 elected seats, with Mugabe's party, the Zimbabwe African National Union — Patriotic Front (ZANU‐PF) securing 62 (Endnote 1). The MDC's successes included all 27 contests in the three most populous urban areas (Harare, Bulawayo and Chitungwiza), and all the fully urbanised constituencies in the next six largest centres. There can be little doubt that, had the election been free and fair (which, clearly, it was not), the MDC would have won more constituencies than ZANU‐PF; though, since the president had the power to appoint an additional 30 MPs, one can be less certain that it would have obtained an overall parliamentary majority. Since the party had only existed for 16 months, this was a remarkable achievement, and in 2002, when Zimbabwe holds its presidential election, the MDC's leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, will be well placed to mount a victorious campaign.

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            Review of African Political Economy
            Review of African Political Economy
            0305-6244
            1740-1720
            September 2000
            : 27
            : 85
            : 385-406
            Affiliations
            a Sociology Department , Rand Afrikaans University , Johannesburg
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            8704474 Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 27, No. 85, September 2000, pp. 385-406
            10.1080/03056240008704474
            709a0d21-630b-40f2-bb28-28db36d17fec

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            Sociology,Economic development,Political science,Labor & Demographic economics,Political economics,Africa

            Endnotes

            1. The Herald , 27 June 2000 .

            2. Socialist Worker ( July , 1998 )

            3. The Worker ( November , 1988 )

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