“From what I have seen and experienced in Zimbabwe over the past three days, it is clear that the process of recounting the contested wards from the recent elections is fatally flawed,” Democratic Alliance MP Dianne Kohler-Barnard said on Monday.

The process had been marred by delays, administrative problems and the clear political intent of blaming the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) for all the problems associated with the recount.

“Of particular concern was the evidence of ballot box tampering that I witnessed personally, which points to a concerted effort to rig the election results in order to bring about a Mugabe ‘victory’,” she said in a statement.

In some ways it shows that Mugabe is (at least slightly) desparate because he has to use those tactics to retain his hold on the country, instead of relying on good old-fashioned policies.

Stop the bullets reaching Zimbabwe? And put pressure on the SADC leaders meeting in Mauritius to ask questions about this.

I picked up a report that SA government will ship the munitions in using their arms company.

We need to pile on the pressure today to stop this happening.

Our birthday present to Zimbabwe: No bullets.