The Voyeur has his Day
When you are in Zimbabwe, the only place you can be alone with your girlfriend is the bush. There are no theme parks, no movie houses, or recreation places where you can spend a decent day with your date. You either choose the bushes, or the lodges. Most people cannot afford the few movie houses, which are only situated in harare and Bulawayo anyway, and the lodges carry an unwanted connotation of paid sex work. Almost no girl want to be caught dead in a lodge. So Shingai Mubani* chose the bushes. It was a Sunday, and after church, the young man decided to take his girlfriend on a stroll in the bushy seclusion separating Mufakose and Crowborough. On the way, the two lovers met a masked man who told them he was a police officer, and that Shingai was under arrest. The ‘officer’ threatened Shingai with an axe he was holding, until the latter fled the scene, fearing for his life. When he stopped at a distance, Shingai paused to ponder why a police officer would want to cover his f