elections

What a day!

brett — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:04:32 +0000

I need to write this while it's all fresh. What a day! This morning I woke up and turned on the TV, to see John McCain giving his speech conceding defeat on the US presidentlal election.

Statement By The Southern African Legal Assistance Network On The Current Crisis In Zimbabwe: 26 June 2008

Noma — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:03:11 +0000

The Southern African Legal Assistance Network (SALAN) welcomes the stance taken by the Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s call for the postponement of the Zimbabwean Presidential ru

Statement Issued By The Southern African Legal Assistance Network On The Current Violence And Electoral Crisis In Zimbabwe: 26 J

Noma — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:53:12 +0000

The Southern African Legal Assistance Network (SALAN) welcomes the stance taken by the Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s call for the postponement of the Zimbabwean Presidential ru

To Stand or Not to Stand

Keith Goddard — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:20:19 +0000

On Sunday evening, I watched pictures on television of thugs attacking people going to the MDC rally in Harare.

Let's do away with elections altogether

brett — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:21:55 +0000

I am becoming disillusioned with democracy. Elected leaders, all around the world, seem to be getting worse and worse.

General

Admiration of Mugabe shows contempt for ordinary Zimbabweans

brett — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:27:32 +0000

I was quite disturbed to read two opinion pieces in the SA Sunday papers, on Zimbabwe, where the authors were basically defending Mugabe.

General

Crisis in Zimbabwe

Keith Goddard — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:32:38 +0000

I was perhaps too sweeping when I said yesterday that it is not in the personality of Zimbabweans to take to the streets.

What will happen to us?

Keith Goddard — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:59:03 +0000

Zimbabweans spend all their time at the moment talking in open and helpless disbelief that the elections are being stolen from them.

Sitting on Tenterhooks

Keith Goddard — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:33:14 +0000

A personal account of the Zimbabwe 2008 harmonised elections