Instead of hope, there is, for many Zimbabweans, fear of what an all-powerful Mugabe means for the future of the country, and gloomy prophecies for an economy still fragile after the hyperinflation horrors of five years ago.
More filled with prophecies of doom and ultra-violence than the last.
Physics is replete with prophecies that could be confirmed or denied only decades later, once the technology to examine them had caught up.
Other predictions hold that local authorities will be challenged for failing to remove hazardous rubbish bins and fast-growing leylandii hedges.These prophecies of legal chaos are almost certainly exaggerated.
Mr Joshua's satellite television channel, Emmanuel TV, airs his prophecies live to millions worldwide.
A decade ago, the proportion was just 3%.In this section Capital City Developing nicely Chicago bulls Frontier justice "Low touch", but no soft touch Profits and prophecies ReprintsAnd because it has put its own house in order, the developing world is now less dependent on handouts.
But he suggested there should be a voluntary code of conduct.In this section Capital City Developing nicely Chicago bulls Frontier justice "Low touch", but no soft touch Profits and prophecies ReprintsIn America the latest allegations are that hedge funds trade on inside knowledge, particularly in credit markets.
In the general media viral memes may often be merely weird or titillating, but in politics, since politicians have not yet figured out how to use sex scandals to win (rather than lose) elections, they are almost always divisive, insulting, controversial and infused with prophecies of doom.
Whatever Cassandra's prophecies may be worth, let us all hope that Mrs Gates's prediction comes true.
If he can do that as well, Mr Iger may yet, like Shakespeare's Prince Hal, mock the expectation of the media industry, and frustrate everyone's prophecies.
Poor grades damage motivation and mean that pupils are put in lower ability groups, so that biased assessments turn into self-fulfilling prophecies.
