{"id":8998,"date":"2013-08-13T07:18:38","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T07:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=8998"},"modified":"2013-08-13T07:18:38","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T07:18:38","slug":"cabinet-congratulates-zim-ahead-of-sadc-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=8998","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet congratulates Zim ahead of SADC meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8999\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tinajoemat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8999\" alt=\"Tina Joemat-Pettersson\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tinajoemat-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tinajoemat-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tinajoemat-70x40.jpg 70w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tinajoemat.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tina Joemat-Pettersson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cabinet has congratulated the Zimbabwean government for their successful parliamentary and local elections, but would not make any early pronouncements on whether the elections were free and fair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zanu-PF\u2019s long standing leader, Robert Mugabe, won the presidential poll with 61% while his party obtained a two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Defeated Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, cried foul and has taken the matter to court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Cabinet has commended President Jacob Zuma as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) facilitator on the Zimbabwe dialogue for ensuring that all political parties were committed to peaceful elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat was cautious in stating that the Cabinet is not commenting on the state of elections before the next SADC meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Botswana, a SADC member, has expressed doubts about the fairness of the elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">She was speaking during the post Cabinet briefing in Pretoria.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We\u2019re in no way making a pronouncement on the elections, we\u2019re congratulating them that the elections ran smoothly without violence and without incidents of severe violence&#8221;.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabinet has congratulated the Zimbabwean government for their successful parliamentary and local elections, but would not make any early pronouncements on whether the elections were free and fair. Zanu-PF\u2019s long standing leader, Robert Mugabe, won the presidential poll with 61% while his party obtained a two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections. 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