POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: ZUMA: ZIM ELECTIONS WERE NOT FAIR!!! : “We did not say Zim elections were fair”—Zuma’s Minister Upon realization that ZUMA had not adequately applied his mind to the eviden...

“We did not say Zim elections were fair”—Zuma’s Minister Upon realization that ZUMA had not adequately applied his mind to the evidence pointing to vote rigging in Zimbabwe, the South African President, was forced to take back his former statement, which had indicated the vote was FREE & FAIR. Additionally, the revelations that ZUMA was bribed by ZANU PF are definitely not working in his favour. Compounded by the fact, that blessing a MUGABE victory, would only help Malema`s Project of Economic empowerment the ZANU PF way, must have caused some collywobbles within South African political elite.   Someone must have opened ZUMA`s eyes to the impending dangers to South Africa by declaring the Zimbabwean Election as FREE & FAIR. ZUMA would have had a tough time in selling Mugabe`s legitimacy   to the World, now that he realizes that he is alone in congratulating Mugabe, now he has been forced to take back his self-indulgent statement. Let’s hope it’s soon he returns the mo

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: BITI: WE`RE DROWNING IN DARK SHADOWS OF PAIN : We’re drowning in dark shadows of pain: Biti WE LIVE in horrible times surrounded by horrible man. Man we have always assumed human to b...

We’re drowning in dark shadows of pain: Biti WE LIVE in horrible times surrounded by horrible man. Man we have always assumed human to be, rational and real. They are not.   Since late Wednesday, July 31, we have been walking like zombies, drowning in dark shadows of pain and disbelief, hoping that this is just a nightmare where someone will wake us up in sweat and we will sink into prayer. I am afraid it’s real. The unbelievable is happening. The surreal is playing. The insanity rolls on. The conductor does not pause; he waves his arms in deep satisfaction to the exquisite delivery of the orchestra. The crowds applaud at the orchestra of insanity. They must think we are fools. To think that we cannot have a seat in Masvingo, Manicaland, and the three Mashonaland provinces. What a loquacious tragedy! Now even those that they killed shamelessly during Gukurahundi have embraced them. Can you honestly tell the villagers of Matobo whose children were mercilessly thrown down m

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: AU & SADC OBSERVERS PAID BY MUGABE FOR FREE & FAIR... : The documents also show that Zanu-PF bought the loyalty of election observers, from AU & SADC. The documents state that "... 33 pe...

The documents also show that Zanu-PF bought the loyalty of election observers, from AU & SADC. The documents state that "... 33 per cent of the budget will cover regional diplomacy to drum up support for poll credibility before, during and after elections". This means that the FREE & FAIR statement from SADC & AU was bought and paid for in full by ZANU PF.  That also explains why ZUMA was very qúick to congradulate Mugabe and now is working over-time to get the international community to also come out with such as self-indulgent claim. ZUMA you should step down, your hands are not clean! How much is 33% of $800Million? You have a lot to explain! SHAME ON YOU!

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: $850 MILLION OF DIAMOND MONEY USED TO RIG ELECTION... : THE president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, used $850m of diamond money to rig the country's elections, intelligence documents The do...

THE president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, used $850m of diamond money to rig the country's elections, intelligence documents The documents, dated June 3, detail how Chinese and Zimbabwean diamond companies pumped cash into a war chest used by Mugabe to manipulate the results of the election and intimidate the population. As Zimbabweans prepared for another five years of autocratic rule after the country's electoral commission announced that Mugabe had won the presidential elections with 61 per cent of the vote. The classified documents reveal how Mugabe's Zanu-PF party received $800m from two diamond mining companies controlled by Chinese investors and senior military commanders in the Zimbabwean army, police and intelligence services. Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, allegedly gave $85m and the government of Equatorial Guinea gave $92m to the slush fund. ROBERT Mugabe has won a crushing victory in Zimbabwe's disputed presidenti

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: ELECTORATE PROCESS UNDEMOCRATIC: DENMARK : DENMARK  is ready to investigate the results, as they feel the electoral process was manpulated with the help of ZEC. They are prepared to ...

DENMARK  is ready to investigate the results, as they feel the electoral process was manpulated with the help of ZEC. They are prepared to remove every form of support to Zimbabwe as they will not be part of an undemocratic process. Of course DENMARK will not act alone, the EU countries have also expressed concern and they await the final analysis of this sham of an election.

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: MDC-T::MASS ACTION AN OPTION : Demonstrations and mass action are options: MDC-T   PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T party said Friday it could take to the str...

Demonstrations and mass action are options: MDC-T   PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T party said Friday it could take to the streets to challenge President Robert Mugabe's victory in an election it rejects as a farce and which faces scepticism from the West. No results of the presidential vote on July 31 have been announced. But Mugabe's Zanu PF has already claimed a resounding win and interim tallies of the parliamentary count suggest a massive victory for the 89-year-old. While the African Union's monitoring mission chief has called Wednesday's peaceful polls generally "free and fair" - Western observers were kept out by Harare - domestic monitors have described them as "seriously compromised" by registration flaws that may have disenfranchised up to a million people. Observers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) described the elections as "free and peaceful" and called on MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai to a

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: SADC:::31 JULI ELECTIONS HIGHLY COMPROMIZED! : 31 July elections highly compromised: SADC-CNGO The SADC Council of Non-Governmental-Organisations has declared that the just ended Z...

31 July elections highly compromised: SADC-CNGO The SADC Council of Non-Governmental-Organisations has declared that the just ended Zimbabwe harmonised elections were highly compromised and not credible. “This Mission concludes that the credibility, legitimacy, free and fair conduct of the Zimbabwe 31 July 2013 harmonised elections and their reliability as the true expression of the will of the people have been highly compromised,” said Abie Ditlhake, the Director of SADC-CNGO. Pronouncing the NGOs regional council’s interim observation statement on the just ended plebiscite, in the capital today, Ditlhake said the pre-electoral processes and disenfranchisement of over 750,000 urban voters and deliberate breach of the country’s laws compromised the credibility. “During the special voting the names of those who voted were not crossed in the voters roll as required by the Electoral Act Section 56(4) (b) but only recorded on site. “And since the indelible ink would have lon

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: MUGABE`S VICTORY SHOCKS THE NATION! : Shock and despair as Zanu (PF) headed for victory The results from the harmonized elections that show ZANU PF and their presidential ...

Shock and despair as Zanu (PF) headed for victory The results from the harmonized elections that show ZANU PF and their presidential candidate Robert Mugabe may be headed for a landslide victory has left many Zimbabweans in shock. Unconfirmed provisional results project that ZANU PF is going to win the poll by over 160 parliamentary seats. The MDC-T has said the poll was massively rigged in favour of ZANU PF, using a manipulated voters roll. It has left many within the MDC-T ‘shell-shocked’, including its top officials who lost their parliamentary seats. Unofficial results show that the party heavyweights who lost include the MP for Harare North and co-Home Affairs Minister Theresa Makone, the MP for Mt. Pleasant Jameson Timba and energy minister Elton Mangoma. To make matters worse, ZANU PF has managed to retake all the 20 seats it lost to the MDC-T in the 2008 election in Manicaland. Reports indicate Morgan Tsvangirai’s party only managed to hang-on to two seats out of 2

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: AU QUESTIONS ZEC OVER EXCESS BALLOTS! : AU raps ZEC for excess ballots The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has been challenged by the African Union Election Observation Missio...

AU raps ZEC for excess ballots The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has been challenged by the African Union Election Observation Mission to account for printing excess ballot papers.   “It is the Mission’s hope that ZEC will accomplish the task of accounting for the ballots to the satisfaction of stakeholders and all interested parties,” reads a mission statement delivered this morning. The Mission noted that ZEC printed 8,7 million ballots, 35 more than the number of registered voters – 6,2 million voters. “This was significantly higher than international best practice of five to 10 percent and raises concerns of accountability of unused ballots,” reads the statement. The mission further noted that a significant number of local government ballot booklets had only 99 papers instead of 100. “The mission notes with great concern the high incidence of voters who were turned away at polling stations. Illustrative of this widespread phenomenon, in a polling station in Gwanda, Mat

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: AU: GRAVE CONCERN OVER VOTING : AU expresses “grave concerns” over voting The African Union has expressed “grave concerns” with the manner in which the Zimbabwe Elec...

AU expresses “grave concerns” over voting The African Union has expressed “grave concerns” with the manner in which the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the Registrar General of Voters conducted themselves in the run-up to the July 31 harmonised elections. In a preliminary statement today in Harare, two days after voting ended, the AU Election Observation Mission said the voters’ roll was availed to stakeholders late and did not give voters the chance to inspect it. “While Sections 20 and 21 of the Electoral Act requires ZEC to provide a copy of the Voters’ Roll within ‘a reasonable’ period of time, the Mission notes that the final Voters’ roll was made publicly available two days before the election—rather late for meaningful inspection and verification by voters, parties and candidates to take place,” said the AU EOM. He mission pointed out that reasons for the delay should have been publicised to “ease the anxieties that have been consistently expressed by several stakehol

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: PYRRHIC VICTORY FOR MUGABE! : For those rejoicing for this Sham of an election, your joy will be short-lived. Mugabe stole the election for selfish reasons not for the...

For those rejoicing for this Sham of an election, your joy will be short-lived. Mugabe stole the election for selfish reasons not for the good of ordinary zimbabweans. So when you finally wake-up, you will realize that, what you thought was victory, was just a Pyrrhic victory, which is a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that such victory will ultimately lead to defeat. Someone who wins a Pyrrhic victory has been victorious in some way; however, the heavy toll negates any sense of achievement or profit. Declaring these results FREE & FAIR, is another nail in the coffin of SADC & AU, mark my words. This has only given Malema momentum which is going to drive South Africans into a state of Perpetual discomfort. So what have we achieved REALLY, nothing but our own destruction. TODAY is a day of mourning as SADC & AU have failed to take Africa in a democratic direction. OUR generation will never forgive this flagrant disregard of the RULE OF

THE ZIMBABWEAN SITUATION: Robert Mugabe has survived for so long because he ... : .Robert Mugabe has survived for so long because he is clever and more ruthless than any other politician in Zimbabwe. To give the devil his d...

The analysis we have done on this roll shows that it contains at least 1 million dead voters; goodness knows how many absent voters who now reside in the Diaspora. We know that there are over 350 000 people who are over 85 years old and 109 000 over a hundred years old, one of which – an army officer is 135 years old. We found 838 000 duplicate names – same name, same address, same date of birth, different ID numbers. All the ID’s checked were genuine and had been issued by the Registrar General. We found 500 000 people had been moved out of their resident areas to other electoral districts, 45 000 people had their ID numbers changed without their consent. Registering voters was a nightmare for the MDC – on the Zanu PF side they simply drew up lists of people and handed them in for registration. They moved hundreds of thousands of people into strategic areas in preparation for the Poll. Some 250 000 families – over a million people, were settled on farms taken away from their own