It's probably not true to say that there have been 28 years of dictatorial rule in Zimbabwe. It all started quite well and we all rejoiced when Mugabe was first elected and he kicked out that awful Iain Smith. There was fresh hope for the country back then - a first chance for the Zimbabwean people to rule themselves.

Unfortunately, what happened after then was that (as ever), power corrupts and of course, absolute power corrupts absolutely....