Chamunorwa Shamhu* works for one of the few non-governmental organisations (NGOs) still allowed to operate in Zimbabwe, but by mid-afternoon this week had still not managed to write the five paragraphs needed for a funding proposal.
His boss said he had noticed other staff had "switched off" when they came to work on 30 June, the day after the announcement that President Robert Mugabe had won the uncontested second-round presidential run-off election.
