Katzenellenbogen: Zimbabwe's electoral mess, SA's tight corner
South Africa faces a critical juncture as Zimbabwe's ruling party, the ANC-endorsed ZANU-PF, is implicated in election fraud.
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South Africa faces a critical juncture as Zimbabwe's ruling party, the ANC-endorsed ZANU-PF, is implicated in election fraud.
SA's significant investment in the BRICS Summit held in Sandton shows its diplomatic and financial commitment to the BRICS bloc.
South Africa has made a massive financial and diplomatic investment in the BRICS Summit being held in Sandton this week. The grouping which brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa has become a cornerstone in Pretoria’s foreign policy and affects its claim to neutrality.
There is too much that has happened in the run-up to next week’s elections in Zimbabwe to ensure that these will be free and fair. The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF), the ruling party, which has been in power since independence in 1980, has shown itself to be a master of the arts of staying in power.
In the lead-up to Zimbabwe's upcoming elections, concerns over their fairness and freedom have heightened.