Jeff Koinange Quotations

In typical Robert Mugabe fashion he doesn't want to be outdone by any of these countries. He just wants to go ahead and withdraw his country from the Commonwealth.

They already control the sea port. They will be able to put a strangle-hold, if you like.

You can hear rumblings in the distance. It looks like the cease-fire is dead in the water. When the delays were going on you knew one of the sides was not going to sign -- and it turned out to be the government.

But in terms of the counting itself, so far there have been no complaints.

All kinds of diseases are waiting to erupt right now.

The decision to extend voting into a third day is good news for those in Harare. Between 3,500 and 4,000 people are still waiting. It is also good news for opposition candidates.

Everybody is saying if they do not get a chance to vote on Saturday or Sunday something must be done because it is their constitutional right,

hands down, even if in jail or in the grave.

Their intention is to block off the main western access to the airport,

Some observers have said they found irregularities on election day -- like the electoral centers being based in people's homes, in chiefs' homes rather than in neutral places like schools or fields,