Zimbabwean civil society organisations and non-governmental groups have joined opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in saying there is no reason to celebrate the country's independence.

Gerry Jackson

The South African government has said that it is determined to allow the export of a consignment of Chinese weapons and ammunition to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces.

Bathandwa Mbola

Pretoria - South Africa is not in the position to interfere with a shipment of weapons reportedly from China en-route to Zimbabwe which is currently docked at the Port of Durban, says Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister, Aziz Pahad.

Bathandwa Mbola

Pretoria - A delegation from South Africa will be deployed to Zimbabwe to join the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) team that will observe a vote recount in the country.

Shaun Benton

Cape Town – Rights of an elected parliamentarian must be respected as it impacts on the entire country, according to the Committee on Human Rights of the Interparliamentary Union (IPU).

IRIN

HARARE, 17 April 2008 (IRIN) - Zimbabweans will commemorate independence day on Friday as a deeply divided and uncertain nation, shaken by a rising tide of political violence in the aftermath of last month's election in which the opposition for the first time won a parliamentary majority.

Tererai Karimakwenda

A report broadcast on Channel 4 News in the UK on Tuesday night has helped to shed some light on South African President Thabo Mbeki's denial of the crisis in Zimbabwe.

Reporter Jonathan Miller...

Erica Beinlich in London

If opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai emerges as the eventual winner of the drawn out battle for the Zimbabwean presidency, international donors will be ready to pour aid into the economically-ruined country.

AFP

South Africa's ruling African National Congress party has directly contradicted President Thabo Mbeki by describing the situation in neighbouring Zimbabwe as a crisis.

Nthambeleni Gabara

Standerton – Mpumalanga’s MEC for Economic Development and Planning, Craig Padayachee has urged economic agencies to work closely with people in rural areas.

Bathandwa Mbola

Dakar - The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Review Summit is to discuss global challenges that are facing the continent such as poverty and underdevelopment.

Zimbabwe's opposition launched an application in the country's electoral court on Tuesday to challenge the results of 60 seats won by the ruling party in the 210-seat parliament, their lawyer said.

Wyndham Hartley

CAPE TOWN — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe suffered two big setbacks at the weekend in his bid to manipulate the recounting of votes from last month’s contested election — as local politicians expressed disbelief at President Thabo Mbeki’s “there is no crisis” statement after meeting Mugabe.

Southern African leaders are holding an emergency summit to discuss Zimbabwe's deepening political crisis.

But one key figure in Zimbabwe's political impasse, President Robert Mugabe, is not...

Lance Guma

The treasurer general of South Africa's ANC party, Matthews Phosa, has said that the policy of 'quiet diplomacy' adopted by President Thabo Mbeki towards Zimbabwe has failed and that 'Mugabe was using us.'

Yamikani Mwando in Bulawayo

As the impasse around Zimbabwe’s presidential election continues, analysts say much now depends on which way the powerful security forces will jump if they are asked to prop up President Robert Mugabe.

Hativagone Mushonga in Harare

President Robert Mugabe has delivered another shock by recalling his cabinet, which by law was suspended ahead of the March 29 elections. Some see the move as a sign that Mugabe is making plans to hold onto power well past the official date by which a second round must be held.

Joe De Capua

South African President Thabo Mbeki is attending Saturday’s SADC summit on Zimbabwe. Mr. Mbeki was appointed by SADC to mediate the political crisis in Zimbabwe leading up to the recent elections. His efforts have been described as quiet diplomacy, and there’s much debate over whether it was effective.

Catherine Philp, Harare

Hopes for a diplomatic solution to the worsening crisis in Zimbabwe dimmed today as police unleashed a new opposition crackdown and news emerged that Robert Mugabe was to boycott tomorrow’s emergency summit in neighbouring Zambia.

The Herald

THE secretary-general for the main opposition party, Tendai Biti, has admitted that the just-ended harmonised elections cannot be rigged as the Sadc guidelines and amendments made to Zimbabwe’s electoral laws make it difficult for any form of rigging.