Quotes

‘The cost to the economy of the postponement of the election is horrendous. The economy was on partial shutdown the day before (Friday), and total shut-down on Saturday for the elections.’ 

– The director-general of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Muda Yusuf, who estimated financial losses from the election delay at about $1.5bn
 

‘They told them that if anyone gets arrested, they should go to a certain place, there are lawyers waiting to defend them. If anyone gets hurt, they should go to a certain place, there are doctors waiting to treat them.'

– President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a thinly veiled threat to doctors and lawyers whom he accused of being accessories in last month’s violent stayaway. Speaking at a Zanu-PF rally this weekend, Mnangagwa said rioters were backed by doctors and lawyers as they went about looting and burning public and private property.
 

‘The US Government remains seriously concerned about the excessive use of force by the Government of Zimbabwe’s security forces and the imposition of undue internet restrictions. This betrays promises to create a new Zimbabwe.'

– US State Department spokesperson Robert Palladino

 

‘I am ashamed, as a black South African, that our government has failed to do what even an oppressive colonial government did. Not a single traditional council or house of traditional leaders is allocated a budget.’

– IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi