Since the disputed 2018 elections, we have noted with great concern the cosmetic approaches towards national dialogue in Zimbabwe especially through the much-discredited Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) platform. The pronouncement by SADC dovetails with our long held position that a genuine all stakeholders dialogue is the panacea to unlocking the multi faceted crisis in Zimbabwe.
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, an umbrella body of civil society organisations operating in Zimbabwe, has noted pronouncements by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to the effect that Zimbabwe and the SADC region are committed to “meaningful and constructive dialogue with all relevant stakeholders with a view to consolidate the rule of law, democracy, governance and human rights”.
