The people at the This is Zimbabwe Blog links to a chilling map of the pre-election violence in Zimbabwe. So much for free and fair elections in that country.
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February 8, 2012 | 17:27 pmMogalakwena municipality in Mokopane, Limpopo, is facing legal action over the re-instatement of a senior official who was dismissed after being found guilty on several charges. A report in the Sowetan says this follows allegations that the decision to re-instate the official was done on instruction of the ANC. The council has been dragged to the North Gauteng High Court over the reinstatement following allegations that the official was found guilty on 26 different charges. The papers filed with the court by Mahwelereng civic leader Piet Pale show that the ANC in the Waterberg region wrote to Mayor Esther Mothibi, instructing her to convene a special council meeting to reverse the disciplinary hearing’s findings and re-instate municipal director for corporate services, Henry Thobejane. Pale seeks an order to set aside the resolution by the council to re-instate Thobejane because ‘it fails to pass the test of rationality and reasonableness’. Thobejane was charged with, among others, fraud, theft, gross dishonesty, dereliction of duties, unofficial removal of official documents and destroying official information, financial misconduct and failure to carry out lawful instructions. The hearing, chaired by Advocate AP Laka, found him guilty on all 26 charges and recommended that he be dismissed with immediate effect. – Legalbriefs
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Has Mbeki and Pahad and Parliament and Khosi allready declared this round also free and fair and in accordance with African election standards?
O ………. not yet.
OK. Wees geduldig. It will come.
Yesterday a small report in Beeld had it that Mbeki had (perhaps half-heartedly) called upon Mugabe to cancel or postpone the run-off election, and to negotiate a solution with the MDC. Nothing big however came of it because, quite clearly, the only bargain that Mugabe will strike is to remain the President, even in a government of national unity. And that will effectively declare the loser the winner, which is not what the MDC and the people of Zimabwe want or need.
I don’t know why Mbeki wastes him time talking to Mugabe. It’s Grace he needs to be persuading!
Ah, so Mugabe rules by the grace of … Grace?
Check this out:
http//www.zimbabwetoday.co.uk/2008/06/zanu-pfs-grim-n.html#more
Clara I’m quite frankly shocked by the paucity of decent articles, this being one of them. Len’s (sorry Len) being another.
Are we so lacking in someone to write a decent piece we need someone who uses Mugabe as his lead for an article on young Malema?
Shame…