SADC Monitors Arrive for Zimbabwe Referendum
The Southern African Development Community has deployed at least 100 monitors to observe the country's constitutional referendum.
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Southern Africa: SADC Observers Jet in for Zimbabwe Referendum
The Herald, 11 March 2013
HEAD of the Sadc electoral observer mission Mr Bernard Membe yesterday implored Zimbabweans to participate peacefully in the referendum slated for Saturday to ensure the exercise ... read more »
Hope in Harare.
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Zimbabwe: Govt Says No to EU, U.S. Observers
The Herald, 5 March 2013
GOVERNMENT has invited observers for the constitutional referendum from Sadc, Comesa, the African Union and other friendly countries, but will not entertain those from the European ... read more »
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Zimbabwe: Vice-President Insists No Western Poll Monitors Allowed
SW Radio Africa, 26 February 2013
Vice-President Joice Mujuru has indicated that no election observers from Western nations will be allowed to monitor Zimbabwe's next poll, despite the country turning to Western ... read more »
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Zimbabwe: Only Friendly Countries Will Observe Electoral Processes - Mumbengegwi
The Herald, 4 March 2013
European and United States of America observers will not be allowed to monitor electoral processes in Zimbabwe as long as illegal sanctions they imposed on the country are in ... read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe Rules Out European Election Observers
The Herald, 9 September 2011
PRESIDENT Mugabe says Britain and European Union countries will not observe Zimbabwe's elections because they imposed illegal sanctions in clear testimony of their hatred of ... read more »
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Zimbabwe: Externally-Supervised Poll Zim's Only Option (opinion)
Zimbabwe Standard, 28 August 2010
PROFESSOR Arthur Mutambara has several times spoken against the need for fresh elections next year. Mutambara bases his argument on proposals that the economy needs to develop ... read more »
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Southern Africa: Pressure Group Says SADC Lacks Credibility to Monitor Zim Elections
SW Radio Africa, 30 August 2010
A UK based Zimbabwe pressure group, Communities Point (CP), has said the regional SADC bloc lacks the credibility to monitor elections in the country, which are due anytime after ... read more »
InFocus
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The constitutional assembly's efforts to contest the referendum date has hit a snag after the Supreme Court has threw out the appeal. Read more »
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Finance Minister Tendai Biti has appealed to donors for election funds, days after he had reportedly told journalists that the country had only U.S.$217 left in its public account. Read more »
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The Institute for Democracy in Southern Africa says that Zimbabwe is not ready for credible elections, citing little space for opposition politics, resurgence of political violence ... Read more »
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You hit it straight at the Bull's eyes ras sadiiq. They must realize that "Africa and Africans" are NO more kids;and we "Africans And Africa" must be left alone to decide what is beneficial, important And best for us - not for them.
Just one question for you ras. If Africa, in this case Zimbabwe, "needs not the involvement of the west," why have they asked and still are asking the West for financial aid for their elections?
If mugabe was serious about having his personal sanctions removed what an opportune occasion this would be to allow the United State and the European Union to witness for themselves a free and fair election. It is clear that with their denial of the western observers, the elections will be fraught with the usual fraud and intimidation and violence which the "friendly" nations will interpret as "free and fair."
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