Political parties, haggling over a deal for peace and stability, fear that the victorious MK party will make for an uncomfortable bedfellow. This has led to lobbying to either keep it out of government or ensure it is in, reducing its power to disrupt.
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I spoke to Mtirara and others as part of Human Rights Watch’s investigation about access to justice for sexual violence. Once described as “a magical kingdom” and “delightful” by Nelson Mandela, who spent his formative years in Mqhekezweni, today the village is battling high rates of house robberies, petty crime, stock theft, murder and, as Mtirara points out, rape.
SOUTH African opposition party, ActionSA, says sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West should not be scrapped until the Zanu PF-led government respects human rights. This is in contrast to calls by the South African ruling party, ANC, for sanctions imposed by the United States on Zimbabwe to be lifted. ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula…