So This is Democracy? Report on the state of media freedom and freedom of expression in southern Africa 2008 Burnt truck and newspapers of The Zimbabwean newspaper. Unknown assailants on May 23, 2008 waylaid and set ablaze a truck-load of 60 000 copies of The Zimbabwean on Sunday newspaper and assaulted its driver, Christmas Ramabulana, a South African national, and distribution assistant Tapfumaneyi Kancheta. Ramabulana and Kancheta were stopped 67km from Zimbabwe’s southern town of Masvingo and forced to drive along the Chivi-Mandamabwe road for 16 km before turning into Mandamabwe Road where the truck and its contents were set alight. They were severely beaten and dumped in that area. Picture courtesy of The Zimbabwean newspaper. So This Is Democracy? 2008 -i- Media Institute of Southern Africa