The Insider

The South African media is very disappointed by the way things are going on in Zimbabwe. They were expecting a bloodbath, on a massive scale that would dwarf what happened in 2008 when about 180 people were killed, but so far nothing of the sort has happened.

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It’s nine days to the elections. There has been a question that has been nagging me all along and I better ask it before the elections are over. Where is Jonathan Moyo in Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front leader Robert Mugabe’s campaign?

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This is the question posed by Aubrey Matshiqi, a research fellow at the Helen Suzman Foundation in South Africa in an opinion piece in today’s Business Day.

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For most people the weekend is a time to relax. Others have no access to the internet. So we have decided to start this new briefing which will be published on Mondays to update you on what you may have missed on Saturday and Sunday. We could expand this to start on Friday afternoon if you say so.

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South African President Jacob Zuma today chastised his advisor Lindiwe Zulu on her comments about Zimbabwe saying he was the only one authorised to speak on Zimbabwe on behalf of the Southern African Development Community.

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Leaders of the Southern African Development Community troika who met yesterday vowed to stand by Zimbabwe and ensure a vote that will be credible enough when the country holds its elections in 10 days.

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In what appears to be another desperate attempt to discredit Zimbabwe’s elections due in 10 days, a British newspaper has exposed what it terms Mugabe’s plan to buy and rig the elections to retain power.

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United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton said it was still possible to hold peaceful and credible elections in Zimbabwe and President Robert Mugabe’s jibe that the United States should keep its pink nose out of Zimbabwe’s affairs was part of the political process.

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