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27: 1263: 581: 46: 1199: 57: 221:, and despite reports of voter repression and political violence, Mbeki said, "I have no reason to think that anybody in Zimbabwe will act in a way that will militate against elections being free and fair." In addition to the SADC observer mission, the elections were attended by several South African observers, including an official government mission – led by Labour Minister 225:– and parliamentary mission. In contrast to many other international observers, none of the official delegations raised major concerns about the freeness or fairness of the elections. Indeed, the SADC mission, led by South African Minerals and Energy Minister 204:
successfully sued for its publication. Directly contradicting the conclusions of the observer mission, the report documented widespread political intimidation and other anti-democratic behaviours by ZANU-PF, and found that the election "cannot be considered
229:, congratulated Zimbabwe on what it said had been "peaceful, credible, well managed and transparent" elections and on the "high levels of political tolerance and maturity displayed." However, two South African opposition parties, the 291: 190:
was among a minority of international delegations which concluded that the result should be viewed as "legitimate." However, in addition to the observer mission, Mbeki had sent South African judges
237:, pulled out of the parliamentary mission and made their own dissenting statements. In response to the government mission's endorsement of the results of the elections, Tsvangirai's party, the 118:
in South Africa and frequently called for the imposition of economic sanctions against the government. However, whilst supporting democratic change in South Africa, Zimbabwean leader
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to observe the 2002 election. Their report, commonly known as the Khampepe Report, was not released until 2014, when the
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to form a unity government, and often remained silent on the issues in Zimbabwe, which drew criticism. Following a
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in South Africa, although there have been tensions due to political troubles in Zimbabwe in recent years.
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did not support the idea of Zimbabwe being used as a base for anti-South African guerillas.
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The Government of Zimbabwe took a particular interest in the search for independence for
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Schenoni, Luis (2017) "Subsystemic Unipolarities?"in Strategic Analysis, 41(1): 74-86
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in South Africa became impatient and urged the parties to form a unity government.
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supported the intervention by Zimbabwean troops in the
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Index

Map indicating locations of South Africa and Zimbabwe
South Africa
Zimbabwe
apartheid
Harare
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Namibia
South Africa
Frontline States
southern Africa
apartheid
Robert Mugabe
2007 Zimbabwean political crisis
Thabo Mbeki
MDC
ZANU–PF
cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe
ANC
Nelson Mandela
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Laurent Kabila
presidential election of 2002
observer mission
Sisi Khampepe
Dikgang Moseneke
Mail & Guardian
free and fair
parliamentary elections of 2005
Membathisi Mdladlana

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