South Africa lays Zimbabwe crisis at MDC door
brian | 23.03.2007 23:20
"Based on the view of the MDC, we then had a situation in Zimbabwe where there was serious conflict arising out of the premise taken by the MDC that the elections were not free and fair."
It, however, was the position of the South African government that the recent elections had been free and fair, he noted.
It, however, was the position of the South African government that the recent elections had been free and fair, he noted.
South Africa lays Zimbabwe crisis at MDC door
By Donwald Pressly
Last updated: 03/23/2007 04:53:36
THE serious conflict in Zimbabwe has arisen because of the perception by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) that recent elections in Zimbabwe were not free and fair, said a South African government spokesperson, Themba Maseko.
"I think it is now public record that there were elections in Zimbabwe... at the end of those elections, the MDC were of the view that those elections were not free and fair," Maseko told reporters Tuesday.
"Based on the view of the MDC, we then had a situation in Zimbabwe where there was serious conflict arising out of the premise taken by the MDC that the elections were not free and fair."
It, however, was the position of the South African government that the recent elections had been free and fair, he noted.
The answer was in reply to a question from a journalist - at a media briefing after Tuesday's cabinet meeting in Cape Town - as to what the government's analysis of the key problem was in neighbouring Zimbabwe.
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/sadc9.16165.html
By Donwald Pressly
Last updated: 03/23/2007 04:53:36
THE serious conflict in Zimbabwe has arisen because of the perception by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) that recent elections in Zimbabwe were not free and fair, said a South African government spokesperson, Themba Maseko.
"I think it is now public record that there were elections in Zimbabwe... at the end of those elections, the MDC were of the view that those elections were not free and fair," Maseko told reporters Tuesday.
"Based on the view of the MDC, we then had a situation in Zimbabwe where there was serious conflict arising out of the premise taken by the MDC that the elections were not free and fair."
It, however, was the position of the South African government that the recent elections had been free and fair, he noted.
The answer was in reply to a question from a journalist - at a media briefing after Tuesday's cabinet meeting in Cape Town - as to what the government's analysis of the key problem was in neighbouring Zimbabwe.
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/sadc9.16165.html
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