I would laugh at Thabo Mbeki’s assertion that there is “no crisis” in Zimbabwe, if it weren’t so clear that there is.  I want some of what he’s on, as it’s so clearly mind-altering.  His talk, reported by the BBC, about continuing to follow the legal process including a run-off if it’s ever called, also [...]

Okay, that’s probably not the phrase to use, but Bob has backed away from attending tomorrow’s SADC summit – although the rent-a-mob seems to be going there without him.  Tsvangirai will be there, by invitation, although if the plan was to have him and Mugabe work out a deal under SADC auspices, that now doesn’t [...]

This is Zimbabwe has a call to action ahead of the SADC meeting this Saturday, and provides contact details that can be used if you’d like to make your thoughts known to the organisation ahead of the summit. Please make use of them. From the “I hate to say I told you so, but…” department, [...]

Looks like the SADC summit is going to be worth watching after all, as according to the BBC both Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai are due to attend.  What I wouldn’t give to see the two of them in the same room… Which begs the question:  Has Morgan been invited, or is he simply crashing [...]

I get the distinct impression that Judge Tendai Uchena is waiting for someone else to solve his problem. As the unfortunate soul who ended up handling the MDC’s petition for an order forcing ZEC to release the Presidential election results, you can almost picture him looking around desperately for a way to avoid having to [...]

Finally, Zimbabwe’s regional neighbours are starting to weigh in on the issue – and they don’t seem to be agreeing with Thabo Mbeki’s assessment that the situation was “manageable”. First out of the blocks was ANC leader Jacob Zuma: “I think keeping the nation in suspense, and as you know, the Zimbabwean issue has become [...]

The contents of this news report likely won’t surprise anyone – everyone’s been suspecting for a few days now that Zanu-PF would revert to form, and so it’s begun. All this despite some apparent pressure from a usually effective persauder to get Bob to stand aside gracefully (scroll down past the court stuff) – I [...]

Of all the websites I’ve uncovered while trying to keep up with events in Zim over the past week or so, none has impressed me quite as much as Sokwanele – their archive of the results by constituency is the only place with anything even close to the level of detail you get from UK [...]

BBC reports that High Court Judge Tendai Uchena has ruled he does have jurisdiction to hear the MDC’s case, so it’s been scheduled for tomorrow. Wonder if they’ll be allowed to get to the court this time.  One noticeable comment is this one: Although the judge said he did have jurisdiction in the matter, he said he [...]

The following advert appeared in this weekend’s Zimbabwe Standard – as you’ll see, the quote attributed to Mugabe isn’t from that long ago (he said it as he left the polling station on March 29th, as it happens), but as yet he doesn’t appear to have realised that it now applies to him…