Rejoice Ngwenya, Harare, Zimbabwe

Friday, April 4, 2008

As the drama of Zimbabwe's landmark March 29 election unfolds, Dianne Kohler Banard, Member of Parliament and spokesperson of the Democratic Alliance (DA) of South Africa stated that it was impossible for Mugabe's ZANUpf to win elections in a country that was very angry with his failed economic policies. In plain words, Ms Kohler Barnard said Mugabe had rigged the outcome of the elections in his favour.

This bold statement not only flies directly in the face of the head of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Election Observer Team, but also adds to the chorus of protests from most Civic Sector Organisations who already have condemned the just ended election as another expensive way of dignifying outgoing president (or incoming?) Robert Mugabe's illegitimate hold onto power.