So the official word from the SADC summit is that Zimbabwe should release the results of the Presidential poll as soon as possible, and urges both sides to accept those results. The only problem is that, over two weeks after the polls closed, any results released now are going to be so heavily massaged as [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]