"He looked neat and well-dressed, with a spotless T-shirt and a baseball cap. He seemed thoughtful but deeply troubled. He spoke quietly and hesitantly, especially when admitting his most serious crimes, including rape and murder.
"We were beating people and leaving them for dead," he said.
His friend Martin, 28, a member of the same militia, was dressed to look cool in his oversized baseball cap, sweat shirt, and jeans. He also wore a big cross around his neck....The youth militias were the storm troopers in the regime's military-style campaign to kill and disperse the opposition, and to force people to vote for Mugabe in the runoff. Hundreds of bases were established in the run-up to the vote, but most bases closed down in recent weeks.
But the opposition says the violence continues at a lower level, and the fear remains. Mugabe is under international pressure to stop the violence, with talks aimed at a political resolution underway in South Africa. But violence could flare again."
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And probably will very shortly:
"JOHANNESBURG - Negotiations between Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF and opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were deadlocked yesterday after negotiators failed to agree on a power sharing deal, an MDC source said.
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