Zuma pressured over report

South African Human rights organizations and the main opposition the Democratic Alliance (DA), have in the past also called for the Jacob Zuma’s Government to release the report that names people who were at the forefront of instigating violence and intimidation.

MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai said that it was time that South Africa, a long time ally of Zimbabwe, releases the report.

Tsvangirais calls were prompted by reports of renewed cases of violence and intimidation by Zanu (PF), mostly in remote areas.

Every act of intimidation or violence by state or Zanu (PF) actors is a clear breach of the constitution. In this respect we urge South Africa to release the Report of the Retired Army Generals who investigated state sponsored violence and its implications on the electoral process and results in 2008, said Tsvangirai. In 2008 former South African President Thabo Mbeki commissioned a fact finding mission into state sponsored violence that took place in the run up to Zimbabwes one man presidential run-off.

Two years later, the report has still not been released.Mbekis successor, Zuma, who has become the facilitator of the fibrous GNU, seems reluctant to release the document. South African NGOs such as South African History Archive and the Africa Forum have tried to push Zuma to release the report with no success. Zuma claims that the report does not exist in hard copy.