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Monday, 07 January 2013 10:39
HARARE - Regional bloc Sadc, the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are the most likely to fund Zimbabwe’s much-awaited electoral processes. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s top political advisor Alex Magaisa told the Daily News, Finance minister...Read More
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012 11:31
HARARE - A special summit of southern Africa’s regional body Sadc called on President Jacob Zuma to immediately help resolve disagreements over a new Zimbabwe constitution threatening to disrupt a roadmap to a fresh election. Zuma — Sadc’s point man in...Read More
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012 10:54
BULAWAYO - Welshman Ncube, leader of the smaller MDC by legislative representation, has called on Sadc and African Union(AU) to mediate and break the logjam in the constitution-making process. Speaking at a rally in Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo over the weekend,...Read More
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Friday, 09 November 2012 10:30
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe’s plan for elections to proceed in March is in shambles, with signs that — once again — he will have to bow down to the Sadc poll timetable which has support from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai...Read More
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Friday, 02 November 2012 09:27
HARARE - Zimbabwe must go for fresh elections by June next year, South Africa’s top foreign chief said yesterday sparking a battle with President Robert Mugabe who is escalating his push for a March 2013 poll. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South Africa's minister...Read More
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012 10:55
HARARE - Following the dubious elections of 2008, the African Union meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, mandated Sadc to oversee, among other things, the transition to electoral democracy in Zimbabwe. Last week, I highlighted the primacy of electoralism in democratic transition...Read More
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012 10:43
HARARE - The International Crisis Group (ICG), a Brussels-based think-tank run by retired statesmen, says Sadc has failed Zimbabwe. The conflict monitoring and resolution group said in its latest bulletin that Sadc, the guarantor of Zimbabwe’s troubled inclusive administration, has failed...Read More
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Sunday, 09 September 2012 13:05
HARARE - SADC heads of states who met in Maputo a few weeks ago were told in no uncertain terms by civil society and social movements that the citizens of region are not happy with the increased incidence of undemocratic governance...Read More
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Thursday, 30 August 2012 14:36
HARARE - Southern Africa’s regional body Sadc looks set to convene an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe after disagreements over a new constitution threatened to disrupt a roadmap to a fresh election. A facilitation team dispatched to Zimbabwe by South Africa President...Read More
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Sunday, 19 August 2012 15:46
HARARE - While we welcome the pledge by the regional body Sadc, to ensure that Zimbabwe will hold free and fair elections next year, more needs to be done to force the Principals to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) to be...Read More
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Sunday, 19 August 2012 15:43
HARARE - Regional body Sadc has recommitted itself to helping Zimbabwe come up with a credible constitution, followed by free and fair elections. In a communiqué issued yesterday after the Maputo Summit, Sadc said credible elections will enable Zimbabwe to achieve...Read More
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Sunday, 19 August 2012 15:23
HARARE - Find below the Sadc summit resolutions on Zimbabwe agreed to at the Joachim Chissano International Conference Centre, Maputo, Mozambique, on 18 August 2012 after two hours of debate on Zimbabwe: - Sadc reaffirms all previous decisions of the Troika...Read More
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