A Lion Meets His Winter

The last of a destructive generation loses his grip on power

In the townships of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, political graffiti is starting to appear. Next to election posters for Robert Mugabe, unseen hands have scrawled messages to the President. One declares simply, "Zuakwana," meaning "enough." After 28 years, Mugabe's time leading Zimbabwe may finally be nearing an end. Though results from a March 29 general election dribbled out slowly, the state-run Herald newspaper acknowledged that Mugabe had not won a majority of votes for the presidency and predicted a runoff with Morgan Tsvangirai, the opposition leader. If the votes are counted cleanly, Tsvangirai will almost certainly win a second round.

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