Journalist Abducted, Zimbabwe Blamed

The South African Council of Churches and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa have condemned the recent abduction of journalist and activist Jestina Mukoko by a gang of plain-clothed men suspected to be police operatives.

Open Society chairperson, Musa Hlope, has also criticised the mediation process for tolerating the violence that has continued in Zimbabwe. "No sound mediation will continue while others are being killed. And that’s what the SADC mediation has done", says Hlope.

"We cannot hold the person who got most of the votes, who actually should be leading the government of Zimbabwe, to be the rogue, when the actual rogue resists to give [up] power," he says.

The search for Mukoko continues in Zimbabwe.

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