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The dream
The mood is lightening in repressed Harare. With the MDC having claimed parliament people are beginning to dare to dream. But the struggle will continue under any new government. We will have more democratic space that we will need to burst open. We will have to struggle to make sure a new government delivers social services, that it doesn't repay illegitimate foreign debt, that it doesn't privatise our resources into the hands of the new elites. The struggle will continue. Freedom is always on the horizon. And we have to keep marching. So in the next few days let our joy be drunk with vision. Comrade Fatso

Powerlessness and silence go together. We...should use our positions not as a shelter from the world's reality, but as a platform from which to speak. A voice is a gift. It should be cherished and used.
- Margaret Atwood

Sitting on tenterhooks
I'm desperate to see something more from the final results of the 2008 harmonised elections. I haven't been able to work for two days and I have never watched so much ZTV in my life, most of which has been jive dancing and dated documentaries. I saw one about saving a sick dolphin, another about the filming of a rare species of baboon and a beginner’s class for djembe drummers. I watched one on Zimbabwean sculpture three times - and I'd already seen it before! Read more from Keith Goddard

The electricity of hope
The imploding of the rotting, ruling Zanu PF, the violence that everyone was waiting for ahead of the elections that never erupted. And Makoni, who defied Mugabe, and the expectations that he would be found dead by the end of the week but who instead goes on railing against the old crocodile. All these elements have helped to create a gorgeous, rich, spurting flower. It is democracy at its headiest. It is democracy at its headiest. We are somewhere around the elusive “tipping point”. Read more from Jan Raath

Important links for Development News & Information
Balancing Act
Fahamu
Kabissa
OneWorld
The Communication Initiative
Open Directory Project
Human Rights Internet

Useful resources
Strategic social marketing for nonprofits
An introduction to NGO credibility and legitimacy
Everyone's guide to by-passing internet censorship