Regional silence on Zim crisis 'loud'
Thursday, March 15, 2007
"At the very least they can issue a condemnation of the brutality and torture, and urge the Zimbabwe government to take action against the police," said Brian Raftopoulos, a Zimbabean academic and curently African affairs specialist at the South African-based Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.
"The silence from the region and SADC [Southern African Development Community] on the situation in our country is loud," said a bitter Jacob Mafume, coordinator of Crisis in Zimbabwe, a coalition of more than 300 civil society organisations.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...