After a string of unsuccessful negotiations, Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front) and Morgan Tsvangirai (Movement for Democratic Change) are once again engaged in discussions surrounding the Zimbabwean elections prior to the start of the Southern African Development Community meeting being held this weekend.
Atlas partner, Denford Madenyika of the Dzidzai Foundation says,
“the so-called negotiations in Zimbabwe have only helped to make one thing clear; that Mugabe and his cronies cannot help themselves. Their number one worry is for Mugabe to maintain power at all cost so they can keep the looted property. They need Tsvangirai to parade with them in order to wood wink the international community in believing that peace has returned to Zimbabwe…” The bottom line, says Denford, is “there is not rule of law in Zimbabwe” and “property rights issues continue to be ignored.”
With rapidly depreciating Zimbabwean dollar bills and emails describing horrifying acts of violence circulating around the Atlas office, we remain attentive to the conflict and focused in our efforts to make others in the our network aware of the situation and to provide resources and encouragement to our partners there.
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