In a statement released in the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition regional office weekly report, COSATU singled out Zulu who has been the object of vicious attacks from President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu (PF) party.
“We take this opportunity to salute the SADC facilitator, President Jacob Zuma, and his whole team, particularly the sterling role of the President’s International Adviser, Lindiwe Zulu, who has been on the receiving end of targeted and personalised attacks for her principled role in the facilitation process.
“Such forthrightness, decisiveness and firmness on principle are what SADC and any other multilateral institution need to take forward the genuine aspirations of the people,” COSATU said.
The labour body added that the July 31 date for polls was “unsuitable” because Zimbabwe was not geared for the poll.
“Even more worrying are the growing incidents of violence and attacks against opposition members canvassing in the various wards and communities, which threaten to reverse all the good work covered by the SADC facilitation team. We remain in support of the holistic package of reforms that all the parties of Zimbabwe committed themselves to in the Global Political Agreement signed in 2008,” COSATU said.
The Crisis report said there was a high possibility of a stalemate in next week’s election.
“Just looking at the numbers and Zimbabwe’s population distribution it is clear that the forthcoming general elections will be a tight contest which might again produce yet another stale-mate.
“The possibility that the 2008 voting pattern will be duplicated this year is real especially given the fact that the country, under an inclusive Government setup for the past four years, has virtually remained politically static. The main political parties were so engrossed in a strange Government of National Unity marriage of convenience that arguably none had the chance to make any clear impact on the electorate,” the report said.
In March 2008, Morgan Tsvangirai beat Mugabe in the first round of the presidential race, but there was no decisive winner, offsetting a bloody June runoff that claimed lives of hundreds of people and forced the MDC leader to withdraw.
In the presidential election, Tsvangirai took 47,9 percent, Mugabe 43,2 percent and Mavambo’s Simba Makoni eight percent.
Crisis said that the Zimbabwean election was a credibility test for SADC and the African Union.
“Zimbabwe presents a test case for SADC and the AU’s effectiveness and the sacrosanctity of the principle of ‘African Solutions to African Problems,” Crisis in Zimbabwe said.
The organisation said it was convinced that a credible and legitimate election was a critical foundation for further building and strengthening of democracy.
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Thank you Cosatu for standing up to be counted and having something that Zuma does not have, BALLS!!
Zimbabwe’s Neanderthal President calling a principled lady a “street woman” shows us to what depths the depraved Mugabe is prepared to sink to.
And, he does so with full knowledge that he himself is married to a prostitute. He cavorted with Zimbabwe’s ‘First Prostitute’ behind Sally’s back.
When you do such dirty things with a woman who is 41 years your junior then it’s called paedophillia .
Zimbabwe not only has a paedophile as President, they also have a murderer in that same person!!