Politics of demons and angels

BY SIMBARASHE CHIRIMUBWE
'Please Mugabe, do the noble thing and bring us new leadership in Zimbabwe'
Demonizing of one's enemy is a relatively new invention. In the good old times, men used to fight and make friends. Things began to change some years ago.  With the inception of democracy came the need to convince people before you could kill somebody or go to war.
There was great disparity between "the good guys and the bad guys" or "friend or foe". The bad guys would be ma