{"id":94279,"date":"2024-05-12T08:10:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T06:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/sa-president-ramaphosa-defends-zanu-pf-being-asked-to-observe-elections"},"modified":"2024-05-12T11:23:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T09:23:58","slug":"sa-president-ramaphosa-defends-zanu-pf-being-asked-to-observe-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/sa-president-ramaphosa-defends-zanu-pf-being-asked-to-observe-elections","title":{"rendered":"SA President Ramaphosa Defends ZANU PF Being Asked To Observe Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has dismissed the concerns of opposition parties who criticised his party, the African National Congress\u2019 (ANC) decision to invite ZANU PF to observe the 29 May elections.<\/p>\n<p>South African opposition parties queried why Zimbabwe\u2019s ruling party would be involved with the country\u2019s elections given its history of rigging elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the campaign trail in Atteridgeville, Ramaphosa said ZANU PF will not interfere with the country\u2019s electoral process but will merely observe from the sidelines. He said (<b>via Citizen<\/b>):<\/p>\n<p>An observer mission is not an interfering mission, it\u2019s to come and see. They don\u2019t interfere, they don\u2019t get involved, they just come and observe.<\/p>\n<p>Added Ramaphosa:<\/p>\n<p>We are transparent, there\u2019s nothing hidden and we are also going to have many other global organisations [such as] the United Nations, the African Union, the European Union will also be here.<\/p>\n<p>So, those who are concerned about the participation of other parties are afraid and I don\u2019t know what they are afraid of.<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing to be concerned about and to be afraid of because they are just coming to observe and also draw lessons.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s opposition parties pointed out ZANU PF\u2019s record of conducting elections marred by allegations of vote rigging and other electoral malpractices.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Solly Malatsi said this was a \u201cdesperate\u201d move by the ANC to cling to power by any means necessary and ZANU PF\u2019s presence would compromise the Electoral Code of Conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Build One South Africa (BOSA) president Mmusi Maimane said \u201cit is now widely accepted that ZANU PF rigs elections in Zimbabwe\u201d and that its involvement in the country\u2019s electoral promises will render the elections not free and fair.<\/p>\n<p>Vuyo Zungula, the leader of the African Transformation Movement (ATM), has since written to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), over the issue, saying allowing ZANU PF to observe South Africa\u2019s elections risks tarnishing the legitimacy and credibility of the country\u2019s electoral processes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has dismissed the concerns of opposition parties who criticised his party, the African National Congress\u2019 (ANC) decision to invite ZANU PF to observe the 29 May elections. South African opposition parties queried why Zimbabwe\u2019s ruling party would be involved with the country\u2019s elections given its history of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,12],"tags":[16559,1493,2189,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-94279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-policy","10":"tag-2024-south-africa-elections","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SA President Ramaphosa Defends ZANU PF Being Asked To Observe Elections - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has dismissed the concerns of opposition parties who criticised his party, the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/sa-president-ramaphosa-defends-zanu-pf-being-asked-to-observe-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SA President Ramaphosa Defends ZANU PF Being Asked To Observe Elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has dismissed the concerns of opposition parties who criticised his party, the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/sa-president-ramaphosa-defends-zanu-pf-being-asked-to-observe-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-12T06:10:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-12T09:23:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/sm_1715489315.991709.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"435\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/sa-president-ramaphosa-defends-zanu-pf-being-asked-to-observe-elections\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/sa-president-ramaphosa-defends-zanu-pf-being-asked-to-observe-elections\",\"name\":\"SA President Ramaphosa Defends ZANU PF Being Asked To Observe Elections - 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