Zimbabwe Elections: Zuma must back Botswana proposal Ian Davidson, Shadow Minister of International Relations and Cooperation 7 August 2013 The DA calls on President Jacob Zuma to request an urgent meeting of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and to back Botswana’s proposal for an independent audit of the 2013 Zimbabwean election to be conducted without any further delay. Furthermore, that should the audit confirm the numerous irregularities set out below, that the elections are held again once all problems with the voters’ roll are rectified and all conditions of the Global Political Agreement are met. There is sufficient evidence from the SADC, African Union (AU), civil society organisations and the DA’s own observers that proves that the election did not stand up to the key democratic prescripts of what constitutes a truly free and fair election. The growing consensus that the elections were neither fair nor credible should have sent a message to Presid