2008 elections and the national interest

The Flip Side with Kuthula Matshazi

We are going into harmonised elections in 2008 that will see Zimbabwe hold local government, parliamentary and presidential elections simultaneously. It is without doubt that we need the outcome of the entire process to be legitimate and avoid any contestations otherwise it would throw the whole country into chaos.
It would be a big problem if any of the contesting parties should reject the elections results because, then no level of government would be functional and this situation could stall any anticipated progress for the country. More...