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The Zimbabwe 2013 Elections Thread
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LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Zimbabwe Poll Monitors Allege Problems
A poll monitoring group in Zimbabwe says it has found a "wide range of problems" in elections there and that the poll was compromised by a campaign to stop voters from casting ballots.
Solomon Zwana, head of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, made the comments Thursday, a day after the election pitting longtime President Robert Mugabe against his rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
The monitoring group says as many as 1 million out of more than 6 million eligible voters were not on voters' lists.
Mugabe has denied allegations of vote-rigging as a smear campaign by opponents.
Source : Sapa-AP /sdv/jje
Date : 01 Aug 2013 12:43
A poll monitoring group in Zimbabwe says it has found a "wide range of problems" in elections there and that the poll was compromised by a campaign to stop voters from casting ballots.
Solomon Zwana, head of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, made the comments Thursday, a day after the election pitting longtime President Robert Mugabe against his rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
The monitoring group says as many as 1 million out of more than 6 million eligible voters were not on voters' lists.
Mugabe has denied allegations of vote-rigging as a smear campaign by opponents.
Source : Sapa-AP /sdv/jje
Date : 01 Aug 2013 12:43
Kornhub
Blackburn Fan
Congrats on the win
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Congrats on the win and here's some more cash.
Kornhub
Blackburn Fan
This is actually pretty sad to hear.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
SAPA PR -- ZIM ELECTIONS: COMMENTS BY AU OBSERVER TEAM UNACCEPTABLE
Issued by: ACTION Support Centre
Attention: News Editors
For immediate release:
ZIM ELECTIONS: COMMENTS BY AU OBSERVER TEAM UNACCEPTABLE
Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum
Regional Solidarity Statement on Zimbabwe
1st August 2013
The Regional Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum notes with concern the premature announcement by the Leader of the African Union Observer Team, Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who has provisionally declared Zimbabwe elections free and fair as polls close after a day of voting.
Concerns raised by opposition parties, in particular those raised by MDC T Secretary Tendai Biti, and the numerous concerns regarding the electoral climate raised in statements issued by Zimbabwean civics and regional solidarity movements appear to have been completely disregarded.
In particular the diabolical manner in which the flawed voters roll has been dealt with, and the varied forms of repression and intimidation that have been well documented and clearly presented, cast the AU statement that the election is free and fair in an extremely dubious light.
The Regional Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum has stated repeatedly, based on the SADC Guidelines on Governing Democratic Elections and the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance that the credibility of an election does not rest on the conduct of voters at voting stations on the days of the election alone.
In the run up to the polling day the SADC mediation team, speaking on behalf of the African Union as a whole, raised serious concerns about reforms which had been deliberately ignored and purposively circumvented. The failure to act on these reforms, agreed and signed by all conflicting parties, and guaranteed by SADC as a signatory to the Global Political Agreement are a massive set back for the regional and continental democratisation processes.
Regardless of the outcome of the election, efforts to increase meaningful citizen participation in decision making processes regarding their elected leaders, have been dealt a resounding slap in the face.
As the biased and severely tainted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission sits on the results that trickle in, ensuring that it has full control over how these results are reported on, it will be important to seek out and listen to the voices of those who have been on the receiving end of decades of violent policies that have failed to respond to the material needs of ordinary Zimbabweans. Millions of people are likely to remain living in poverty, and as the militarized elite consolidates its grip on power the future for Zimbabweans in and outside of the country remains highly precarious.
Lessons learned in the process of building a deep culture of people-to-people solidarity amongst citizens across the region will have to inform and guide the next steps of these important forms of social organisation. Workers struggles amongst those affected by an increasingly voracious extractive sector, and a rapacious state, have suffered further setbacks, and there is much work to be done to build solidarity across the working classes.
New forms of organisation will have to be found, and increasingly sophisticated ways of mobilising and organising people into new forms of power will have to be developed. We will need to find forms of organisation that cannot be circumvented by the technically flawed and deeply circumspect current systems of voting that cannot any longer be argued to be legitimate representations of the will of the people.
The Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum is a network movement of progressive South African civil society organisations, including youth, women, labour, faith-based, human rights and student formations that are engaged in the promotion of people-to-people solidarity for sustainable peace, democracy and human&peoples; rights in Zimbabwe, engaged with and supported by regional counterparts and solidarity formations in Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Swaziland
On the 17th July 2013 at a multi-sectoral gathering of civil society formations from across Southern Africa, meeting under the banner of the Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum, solidarity activists resolved to commit themselves to a solidarity action plan in support of their Zimbabwean counterparts. This action plan continues.
Supported by representatives at the Regional Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum meeting held on the 17th of July.
Delegates were drawn from the following formations:
The Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum Secretariat, ACTION Support Centre, COSATU, NUMSA, SAMWU, NEHAWU, SATAWU, SASCO, SACC, CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition, PASSOP, African Diaspora Forum, Zimbabwe Peace and Counseling Services, Local Peace Committees from Orange Farm, Alexandra and Soweto, Namibia National Farmers Union, Gauteng Concerned Residents, Treatment Action Campaign, Norwegian People's Aid, Solidarity Peace Trust, Zimbabwe-Mozambique Solidarity Alliance, TUCOSWA, Zambia Social Forum, National Constitutional Assembly, GERMANY Trade Union Congress, Malawi Economic Justice Network, World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), Media Coalition of Tanzania, DRC Diaspora Forum, OSISA, PUDEMO, Swaziland Solidarity Network, Swaziland Democracy Campaign, SALO, NC branches / ANCYL and Regional Solidarity Formation in Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Swaziland
Contact details: ACTION Support Centre
Campaigns Manager
Philani Ndebele
+27 76 942 3565
Source : Ends /avb
Date : 01 Aug 2013 14:17
Issued by: ACTION Support Centre
Attention: News Editors
For immediate release:
ZIM ELECTIONS: COMMENTS BY AU OBSERVER TEAM UNACCEPTABLE
Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum
Regional Solidarity Statement on Zimbabwe
1st August 2013
The Regional Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum notes with concern the premature announcement by the Leader of the African Union Observer Team, Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who has provisionally declared Zimbabwe elections free and fair as polls close after a day of voting.
Concerns raised by opposition parties, in particular those raised by MDC T Secretary Tendai Biti, and the numerous concerns regarding the electoral climate raised in statements issued by Zimbabwean civics and regional solidarity movements appear to have been completely disregarded.
In particular the diabolical manner in which the flawed voters roll has been dealt with, and the varied forms of repression and intimidation that have been well documented and clearly presented, cast the AU statement that the election is free and fair in an extremely dubious light.
The Regional Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum has stated repeatedly, based on the SADC Guidelines on Governing Democratic Elections and the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance that the credibility of an election does not rest on the conduct of voters at voting stations on the days of the election alone.
In the run up to the polling day the SADC mediation team, speaking on behalf of the African Union as a whole, raised serious concerns about reforms which had been deliberately ignored and purposively circumvented. The failure to act on these reforms, agreed and signed by all conflicting parties, and guaranteed by SADC as a signatory to the Global Political Agreement are a massive set back for the regional and continental democratisation processes.
Regardless of the outcome of the election, efforts to increase meaningful citizen participation in decision making processes regarding their elected leaders, have been dealt a resounding slap in the face.
As the biased and severely tainted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission sits on the results that trickle in, ensuring that it has full control over how these results are reported on, it will be important to seek out and listen to the voices of those who have been on the receiving end of decades of violent policies that have failed to respond to the material needs of ordinary Zimbabweans. Millions of people are likely to remain living in poverty, and as the militarized elite consolidates its grip on power the future for Zimbabweans in and outside of the country remains highly precarious.
Lessons learned in the process of building a deep culture of people-to-people solidarity amongst citizens across the region will have to inform and guide the next steps of these important forms of social organisation. Workers struggles amongst those affected by an increasingly voracious extractive sector, and a rapacious state, have suffered further setbacks, and there is much work to be done to build solidarity across the working classes.
New forms of organisation will have to be found, and increasingly sophisticated ways of mobilising and organising people into new forms of power will have to be developed. We will need to find forms of organisation that cannot be circumvented by the technically flawed and deeply circumspect current systems of voting that cannot any longer be argued to be legitimate representations of the will of the people.
The Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum is a network movement of progressive South African civil society organisations, including youth, women, labour, faith-based, human rights and student formations that are engaged in the promotion of people-to-people solidarity for sustainable peace, democracy and human&peoples; rights in Zimbabwe, engaged with and supported by regional counterparts and solidarity formations in Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Swaziland
On the 17th July 2013 at a multi-sectoral gathering of civil society formations from across Southern Africa, meeting under the banner of the Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum, solidarity activists resolved to commit themselves to a solidarity action plan in support of their Zimbabwean counterparts. This action plan continues.
Supported by representatives at the Regional Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum meeting held on the 17th of July.
Delegates were drawn from the following formations:
The Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum Secretariat, ACTION Support Centre, COSATU, NUMSA, SAMWU, NEHAWU, SATAWU, SASCO, SACC, CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition, PASSOP, African Diaspora Forum, Zimbabwe Peace and Counseling Services, Local Peace Committees from Orange Farm, Alexandra and Soweto, Namibia National Farmers Union, Gauteng Concerned Residents, Treatment Action Campaign, Norwegian People's Aid, Solidarity Peace Trust, Zimbabwe-Mozambique Solidarity Alliance, TUCOSWA, Zambia Social Forum, National Constitutional Assembly, GERMANY Trade Union Congress, Malawi Economic Justice Network, World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), Media Coalition of Tanzania, DRC Diaspora Forum, OSISA, PUDEMO, Swaziland Solidarity Network, Swaziland Democracy Campaign, SALO, NC branches / ANCYL and Regional Solidarity Formation in Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Swaziland
Contact details: ACTION Support Centre
Campaigns Manager
Philani Ndebele
+27 76 942 3565
Source : Ends /avb
Date : 01 Aug 2013 14:17
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Has Mugabe Handed Tsvangirai A Final Defeat?
Morgan Tsvangirai looks set to be forced from the political stage for the last time, as Robert Mugabe shows no signs of retiring.
Once again, Zimbabwe is bracing itself for the fallout from a disputed and likely fraudulent election but President Robert Mugabe is probably far from concerned.
The 89-year-old can sit in State House and await the official announcement of his victory, confident that the invited African election observers are not about to endorse Morgan Tsvangirai's claim that the vote has been a "huge sham".
The election ran smoothly enough to give the impression of democracy in action even while hundreds of thousands of voters were disenfranchised in what appears to have been a well planned exercise to rig the vote.
Independent monitors from the Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network say the result will not be credible, but it will be the verdict of the African Union and the South African Development Community, the official observers, that will count.
Perhaps they will also cry foul but they have never really dared to challenge Mr Mugabe before.
So the next move is down to Mr Tsvangirai, who after two previous stolen elections must have expected this outcome.
But, yet again, he may be powerless to do much more than hold news conferences expressing his outrage and disgust.
Some of his supporters, members of the Movement for Democratic Change, have promised a "people's revolution" in the style of the Arab Spring.
But they know from bitter experience that Mr Mugabe has no qualms about resorting to violence, so it will take bravery and numbers if they intend to protest their defeat on the streets.
Few will forget the election violence of 2008, when Mr Tsvangirai fled the country as his supporters were beaten and killed.
It is also far from clear whether Mr Tsvangirai would have actually won a free and fair election.
His party is divided and some of his former loyalists have been disillusioned by his performance as Prime Minister in the tense power-sharing government.
It is possible that Mr Mugabe might have coasted to victory without resorting to rigging, but he's never been a man to leave elections to chance.
After 33 years in power he is not ready to retire quietly so, instead, it's likely to be his old rival who will try to make a last stand before being forced from the political stage.
Mr Tsvangirai has survived beatings, assassination attempts and incarceration at the hands of Mr Mugabe, but his old rival may have defeated him for the final time.
http://news.sky.com/story/1123277/has-mugabe-handed-tsvangirai-a-final-defeat
Morgan Tsvangirai looks set to be forced from the political stage for the last time, as Robert Mugabe shows no signs of retiring.
Once again, Zimbabwe is bracing itself for the fallout from a disputed and likely fraudulent election but President Robert Mugabe is probably far from concerned.
The 89-year-old can sit in State House and await the official announcement of his victory, confident that the invited African election observers are not about to endorse Morgan Tsvangirai's claim that the vote has been a "huge sham".
The election ran smoothly enough to give the impression of democracy in action even while hundreds of thousands of voters were disenfranchised in what appears to have been a well planned exercise to rig the vote.
Independent monitors from the Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network say the result will not be credible, but it will be the verdict of the African Union and the South African Development Community, the official observers, that will count.
Perhaps they will also cry foul but they have never really dared to challenge Mr Mugabe before.
So the next move is down to Mr Tsvangirai, who after two previous stolen elections must have expected this outcome.
But, yet again, he may be powerless to do much more than hold news conferences expressing his outrage and disgust.
Some of his supporters, members of the Movement for Democratic Change, have promised a "people's revolution" in the style of the Arab Spring.
But they know from bitter experience that Mr Mugabe has no qualms about resorting to violence, so it will take bravery and numbers if they intend to protest their defeat on the streets.
Few will forget the election violence of 2008, when Mr Tsvangirai fled the country as his supporters were beaten and killed.
It is also far from clear whether Mr Tsvangirai would have actually won a free and fair election.
His party is divided and some of his former loyalists have been disillusioned by his performance as Prime Minister in the tense power-sharing government.
It is possible that Mr Mugabe might have coasted to victory without resorting to rigging, but he's never been a man to leave elections to chance.
After 33 years in power he is not ready to retire quietly so, instead, it's likely to be his old rival who will try to make a last stand before being forced from the political stage.
Mr Tsvangirai has survived beatings, assassination attempts and incarceration at the hands of Mr Mugabe, but his old rival may have defeated him for the final time.
http://news.sky.com/story/1123277/has-mugabe-handed-tsvangirai-a-final-defeat
Fair or not, what concerns me is the fact that the voters roll is so out of date.
Can one call it fair if ZanuPF loses? Can you call it fair if they win?
I understand that they had to push the elections forward but in my opinion no election in Zim will ever be 'fair' unless that voter role is brought up to date.
Can one call it fair if ZanuPF loses? Can you call it fair if they win?
I understand that they had to push the elections forward but in my opinion no election in Zim will ever be 'fair' unless that voter role is brought up to date.
Fraudsters
Weellll
What this election shows is that the 4MILLION or so Zimbos in SA have been bluffing the SA Gov all along.
It is now quite obvious that they ALL need to go BACK to their homes in Zimboland
They could not even have been bothered to go back home to vote !
Frankly I have lost ALL respect for them !
Far as I am concerned Mugabe can toast the whole bunch of them.
As I have told them many times before ONLY when blood flows on the streets of Harare will change come about.
NONE of them have any balls
Whimpering bunch of snot heads !
Weellll
What this election shows is that the 4MILLION or so Zimbos in SA have been bluffing the SA Gov all along.
It is now quite obvious that they ALL need to go BACK to their homes in Zimboland
They could not even have been bothered to go back home to vote !
Frankly I have lost ALL respect for them !
Far as I am concerned Mugabe can toast the whole bunch of them.
As I have told them many times before ONLY when blood flows on the streets of Harare will change come about.
NONE of them have any balls
Whimpering bunch of snot heads !
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Mugave rivals reject sham poll
President Robert Mugabe's rivals rubbished his claim to election victory Thursday, branding the vote a "sham" and calling for a campaign of resistance to bring Zimbabwe to a standstill.
A top member of Mugabe's ZANU-PF party claimed Mugabe had trounced Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change in Wednesday's presidential and parliamentary elections.
"We have romped (to victory) in a very emphatic manner," said the party member who asked not to be named. "We have won all of them, including the presidential and parliamentary."
But the claim was swiftly slapped down by Tsvangirai, bidding for a third time to end 89-year-old Mugabe's 33-year rule of the troubled southern African country.
"It's a sham election that does not reflect the will of the people," he said, pointing to a litany of alleged irregularities.
"In our view this election is null and void," he added. "This election has been a huge farce."
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said the count has been completed and results are now being collated from the first vote since bloody polls in 2008 led to an uneasy power-sharing deal between Tsvangirai and Mugabe.
Tsvangirai stopped short of claiming victory himself, a move that could have enflamed tensions in a country where political violence is common.
Top MDC official Roy Bennett called for a campaign of "passive resistance."
"I'm talking about people completely shutting the country down -- don't pay any bills, don't attend work, just bring the country to a standstill."
"There needs to be resistance against this theft and the people of Zimbabwe need to speak out strongly."
Foreign diplomats and independent Zimbabwean election observers also expressed grave misgivings about the conduct of the poll.
"Up to a million voters were disenfranchised," said Solomon Zwana the chairman of Zimbabwe Election Support Network, which has 7,000 observers. "The election is seriously compromised."
The Catholic Church -- which has 3,000 people on the ground -- said it was premature to call a winner but there was a "strong feeling" across the country that Mugabe would lose.
"If certain people feel their choice was not accepted they may resort to violence. That potential is still there," a church spokesman said.
Since no Western groups were allowed to monitor the polls, the view of observers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) may now be pivotal in deciding how the international community reacts.
The SADC said it will deliver its verdict on Friday.
Meanwhile the African Union, which has been accused of whitewashing problems in the run-up to the vote, said initial reports indicated it was "peaceful, orderly, free and fair".
"Yes, there were incidences, little incidences here and there but they were not incidences that would flaw the election to the point of not reflecting the will of the people," said former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, who led the AU mission.
After years of international sanctions there had been hopes that a free election would allow Zimbabwe to reset relations with the West.
Turnout was reported to be high, with many of the 6.4 million eligible voters queueing before sunrise in the winter cold, hours before polls opened. The lines continued well into the evening, with many marking their ballots by candle light.
Mugabe, Africa's oldest leader, is seeking a seventh term but Tsvangirai has voiced hope the election will usher in a new era.
Final results are expected within five days of the election and police had warned that anyone trying to release unofficial figures ahead of time risked being arrested.
Mugabe himself had even threatened to arrest Tsvangirai if he tried to declare an early victory.
On Tuesday the firebrand had vowed to step down if Tsvangirai was the victor, saying: "If you lose you must surrender."
Mugabe came to prominence as a hero of Africa's liberation movement, guiding Zimbabwe to independence in 1980 from Britain and white minority rule.
But his military-backed rule has been marked by controversial land reforms, a series of violent crackdowns, economic crises and suspect elections that have brought international sanctions and made him a pariah in the West.
As the economy recovers from a crisis that saw mass unemployment and galloping inflation, Mugabe loyalists insist their hero is "tried and tested" and dismiss concerns about his age.
Mugabe had focused his campaign on attacking homosexuals and on promises to widen the redistribution of wealth to poor black Zimbabweans.
Tsvangirai himself had predicted the MDC would win "quite resoundingly".
The 61-year-old former union boss won the first round of voting in 2008, but was forced out of the race after 200 of his supporters were killed and thousands more injured in suspected state-backed attacks.
Tsvangirai hoped his plans to lure back foreign investors, create a million jobs in five years and improve public services would deliver a long-awaited victory.
Source : Sapa-AFP /sdv/hdw/ks
Date : 01 Aug 2013 18:00
President Robert Mugabe's rivals rubbished his claim to election victory Thursday, branding the vote a "sham" and calling for a campaign of resistance to bring Zimbabwe to a standstill.
A top member of Mugabe's ZANU-PF party claimed Mugabe had trounced Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change in Wednesday's presidential and parliamentary elections.
"We have romped (to victory) in a very emphatic manner," said the party member who asked not to be named. "We have won all of them, including the presidential and parliamentary."
But the claim was swiftly slapped down by Tsvangirai, bidding for a third time to end 89-year-old Mugabe's 33-year rule of the troubled southern African country.
"It's a sham election that does not reflect the will of the people," he said, pointing to a litany of alleged irregularities.
"In our view this election is null and void," he added. "This election has been a huge farce."
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said the count has been completed and results are now being collated from the first vote since bloody polls in 2008 led to an uneasy power-sharing deal between Tsvangirai and Mugabe.
Tsvangirai stopped short of claiming victory himself, a move that could have enflamed tensions in a country where political violence is common.
Top MDC official Roy Bennett called for a campaign of "passive resistance."
"I'm talking about people completely shutting the country down -- don't pay any bills, don't attend work, just bring the country to a standstill."
"There needs to be resistance against this theft and the people of Zimbabwe need to speak out strongly."
Foreign diplomats and independent Zimbabwean election observers also expressed grave misgivings about the conduct of the poll.
"Up to a million voters were disenfranchised," said Solomon Zwana the chairman of Zimbabwe Election Support Network, which has 7,000 observers. "The election is seriously compromised."
The Catholic Church -- which has 3,000 people on the ground -- said it was premature to call a winner but there was a "strong feeling" across the country that Mugabe would lose.
"If certain people feel their choice was not accepted they may resort to violence. That potential is still there," a church spokesman said.
Since no Western groups were allowed to monitor the polls, the view of observers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) may now be pivotal in deciding how the international community reacts.
The SADC said it will deliver its verdict on Friday.
Meanwhile the African Union, which has been accused of whitewashing problems in the run-up to the vote, said initial reports indicated it was "peaceful, orderly, free and fair".
"Yes, there were incidences, little incidences here and there but they were not incidences that would flaw the election to the point of not reflecting the will of the people," said former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, who led the AU mission.
After years of international sanctions there had been hopes that a free election would allow Zimbabwe to reset relations with the West.
Turnout was reported to be high, with many of the 6.4 million eligible voters queueing before sunrise in the winter cold, hours before polls opened. The lines continued well into the evening, with many marking their ballots by candle light.
Mugabe, Africa's oldest leader, is seeking a seventh term but Tsvangirai has voiced hope the election will usher in a new era.
Final results are expected within five days of the election and police had warned that anyone trying to release unofficial figures ahead of time risked being arrested.
Mugabe himself had even threatened to arrest Tsvangirai if he tried to declare an early victory.
On Tuesday the firebrand had vowed to step down if Tsvangirai was the victor, saying: "If you lose you must surrender."
Mugabe came to prominence as a hero of Africa's liberation movement, guiding Zimbabwe to independence in 1980 from Britain and white minority rule.
But his military-backed rule has been marked by controversial land reforms, a series of violent crackdowns, economic crises and suspect elections that have brought international sanctions and made him a pariah in the West.
As the economy recovers from a crisis that saw mass unemployment and galloping inflation, Mugabe loyalists insist their hero is "tried and tested" and dismiss concerns about his age.
Mugabe had focused his campaign on attacking homosexuals and on promises to widen the redistribution of wealth to poor black Zimbabweans.
Tsvangirai himself had predicted the MDC would win "quite resoundingly".
The 61-year-old former union boss won the first round of voting in 2008, but was forced out of the race after 200 of his supporters were killed and thousands more injured in suspected state-backed attacks.
Tsvangirai hoped his plans to lure back foreign investors, create a million jobs in five years and improve public services would deliver a long-awaited victory.
Source : Sapa-AFP /sdv/hdw/ks
Date : 01 Aug 2013 18:00
NIKUV
Yesterday I gave you numbers of the evil NIKUV people.
However, we have established that the two leading Israeli mercenaries from Nikuv are hiding at the following address:
15 Mount Rd, Avondale
BABA JUKWA
Africa Confidential editor Patrick Smith says the MDC has a right to be concerned about the involvement of any foreign company in the electoral process and a right to demand full disclosure of what outside contractors have been brought in.
“Nikuv, as we know, has been operating in Zimbabwe since 1994 and there have been pretty serious accusations by outfits such as the Commonwealth of serious election malpractice, particularly in the 2002 election. So demands for full disclosure and accountability are absolutely right in this context.”
Smith told SW Radio Africa that Nikuv has a track record of giving technical assistance to countries around the world.
The Africa Confidential editor said the Israeli company also operated in the recent Ghanaian elections, resulting in a dispute over their role and the processing of data in that country’s election.
He said the only way this issue can be resolved is by absolute transparency. “In Ghana what the procedures were was that all the parties would be made aware of what contracts the electoral commission had with what companies, and what were the interests of those companies and what were the conditions under which they were operating.
“And then those companies, sub-contracting on behalf of the electoral commission, would then invite the competing political parties to their offices to understand what their role was and how that role could be monitored,” Smith added.
The MDC claims Nikuv, which specialises in population registration and election systems, is working under the direction of Daniel Tonde Nhepera, the deputy head of the CIO.
An MDC statement revealed: “Nikuv is working on the voters’ roll at the Defence House, the headquarters of the Zimbabwe Defence Force and the company is a front for the Israeli spy agency Mossad.”
Smith says there is generally not a clear dividing line in Israel between top security operatives and the private sector, although he said it still raises concerns that a company that is viewed to have links with a foreign country’s intelligence services would be spearheading the electoral register of another country.
Lifted from -- > Tsvangirai accuses Israeli specialists of rigging voters roll
and
Then everyone thinks I have time to waste by talking "nonsense"
well
Sorry - seems a lot of other people are also talking nonsense ..........
Yesterday I gave you numbers of the evil NIKUV people.
However, we have established that the two leading Israeli mercenaries from Nikuv are hiding at the following address:
15 Mount Rd, Avondale
BABA JUKWA
Africa Confidential editor Patrick Smith says the MDC has a right to be concerned about the involvement of any foreign company in the electoral process and a right to demand full disclosure of what outside contractors have been brought in.
“Nikuv, as we know, has been operating in Zimbabwe since 1994 and there have been pretty serious accusations by outfits such as the Commonwealth of serious election malpractice, particularly in the 2002 election. So demands for full disclosure and accountability are absolutely right in this context.”
Smith told SW Radio Africa that Nikuv has a track record of giving technical assistance to countries around the world.
The Africa Confidential editor said the Israeli company also operated in the recent Ghanaian elections, resulting in a dispute over their role and the processing of data in that country’s election.
He said the only way this issue can be resolved is by absolute transparency. “In Ghana what the procedures were was that all the parties would be made aware of what contracts the electoral commission had with what companies, and what were the interests of those companies and what were the conditions under which they were operating.
“And then those companies, sub-contracting on behalf of the electoral commission, would then invite the competing political parties to their offices to understand what their role was and how that role could be monitored,” Smith added.
The MDC claims Nikuv, which specialises in population registration and election systems, is working under the direction of Daniel Tonde Nhepera, the deputy head of the CIO.
An MDC statement revealed: “Nikuv is working on the voters’ roll at the Defence House, the headquarters of the Zimbabwe Defence Force and the company is a front for the Israeli spy agency Mossad.”
Smith says there is generally not a clear dividing line in Israel between top security operatives and the private sector, although he said it still raises concerns that a company that is viewed to have links with a foreign country’s intelligence services would be spearheading the electoral register of another country.
Lifted from -- > Tsvangirai accuses Israeli specialists of rigging voters roll
and
Then everyone thinks I have time to waste by talking "nonsense"
well
Sorry - seems a lot of other people are also talking nonsense ..........
F
Fudzy
Guest
Yeah, what for? Morgan isn't a Muslim AFAIK
Grant
Honorary Master
maybe b@nd is sounding just like a israeli obsessed muslim clutching at straws
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Mila
Honorary Master
So...
Are we saying this landslide was riged or are most Zim voters retards?
Are we saying this landslide was riged or are most Zim voters retards?
OGroteKoning
Honorary Master
I see what you did there...
Albereth
Honorary Master
Why is it an 'or'?
Now who said that you cannot buy an election....
Wonder if those SA observers are actual observers and or whether they are ANC members who went to see how things 'should' be done seeing as we have upcoming elections.....
Wonder if those SA observers are actual observers and or whether they are ANC members who went to see how things 'should' be done seeing as we have upcoming elections.....