Democracy & Governance

New York, June 23, 2008—Journalists in Zimbabwe have faced the harshest press crackdown in memory as they’ve tried to report on a brutally violent presidential runoff campaign, veteran reporters told the Committee to Protect Journalists in a report released today, Bad to Worse in Zimbabwe.

Embattled President Robert Mugabe and his administration have used obsolete laws, trumped-up charges and retaliatory measures to detain at least 15 journalists, intimidate sources, and obstruct ...

24 June 2008

Pretoria- South Africa on Monday 23 June 2008 joined consensus with other members of the United Nations Security Council in the adoption of a Presidential Statement on Zimbabwe.

The UN Security Council welcomed international efforts including the SADC-facilitation process led by President Thabo Mbeki to help the people of Zimbabwe to find a ” peaceful way forward, through dialogue between the parties” to find a lasting solution to their current political ...

The announcement of 22nd June by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) of Zimbabwe, that its is withdrawing from the run-off Presidential Elections, due on Friday 27 June, is an indication of the depth of the political crisis in that country.

Yet it provides an opportunity for ZANU (PF) the MDC and other parties, to commence a dialogue to arrive at a workable political solution for the common good of all Zimbabweans. Since 2001 the ANC and other political parties in this region

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24 Jun 2008 11:35


The ugly incidents and scenes that have been visited on the people of Zimbabwe persuade us that a run-off Presidential election offers no solution to Zimbabwe's crisis.

In a society that is already highly polarised, a run-ff election will only serve to widen the divisions. The very legitimacy of the run-off has already been severely compromised by the actions of both ZANU (PF) militants and those of state officials who do not even conceal their ...

Media Institute of Southern Africa (Windhoek)

PRESS RELEASE

Posted to the web 20 June 2008

MISA-Zimbabwe notes with great concern the skewed coverage of the campaign
period preceding the high stakes presidential election run-off slated for 27
June 2008 more so by the state media and in particular the national
broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC).

The Electoral Act emphasises the need for ZBC, as the ...