By Luyanda Makapela Sharm-El-Shaikh The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Observer Mission has announced that the process leading up to the Zimbabwe presidential run-off elections did not conform to its principles and guidelines governing democratic elections. A report presented by Angolan Minister of Youth and Sport, Jose Marcos Barrica, who headed the SADC election observer mission in Zimbabwe, noted that the pre-election phase was characterised ...
By Siboniso Ntuli Utrecht Farm dwellers, who were forcefully removed off their land in the northern part of KwaZulu-Natal, have finally been able to return to the land that rightfully belongs to them. Thousands of farm dwellers received their title deeds on Saturday for the farms where their forefathers had settled in the district of Amajuba. Speaking on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Lulu Xingwana, Acting Chief Land Commissioner ...
Updated 30th June 2008 at 04:26 PM by NewsTracker
Pretoria - The Presidency has noted reports claiming that South Africa intends to recognise President Robert Mugabe following the recently-held Presidential election run-off in Zimbabwe. The Presidency wishes to emphasise that these reports do not emanate from statements made by any official of the South African government, the Presidency said in a statement on Monday. As a member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), South Africa will consider the ...
By Peter Heinlein - VoA Africa's leaders are grappling with the question of how to treat Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe when he arrives to attend an African Union summit beginning Monday at the Egyptian resort Sharm el Sheik. From the summit site, VOA's Peter Heinlein reports Zimbabwe's political crisis has overshadowed other issues in the pre-summit negotiations. ...
HARARE, 26 June 2008 (IRIN) - More than 200 supporters of the Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), including women and children, are camping in the grounds of the South African embassy in the capital, Harare, hoping to get refugee status. They say they are trying to escape the violence unleashed by the militia of ZANU-PF, the previous ruling party. Police have set up roadblocks on all roads to the embassy, apparently to stem a suspected tide of asylum seekers ...
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