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SW Radio hotseat

Friday�s Hot Seat programme this week is replaced by an extended
interview with former British diplomat to Zimbabwe, Philip Barclay.
Barclay has written a book about his time at the embassy called,
Zimbabwe. He talks about his experiences in the country,
Murambatsvina, the failure of the international community to protect
the Zimbabwean people, the elections of 2008 and the likelihood of
the old guard accepting a loss in elections planned for 2011.

In Callback on Friday George Makoni from the Youth Alliance for
Democracy tells Tererai how the youth are being used to intimidate
and influence others in the Constitutional outreach meetings, and how
the young have become apathetic towards political processes. He also
talks about some of the ZANU-PF views being forced upon the youth at
Constitutional outreach meetings.

In Letter from Zimbabwe, author Cathy Buckle writes: "Zimbabweans
have become very adept at 'making a plan' to cope with nonexistent
municipal services and then living in the safety-bubble created
around their own homes - thereby absolving the municipalities from
doing the jobs we pay them to do".

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