Sleight of Hand

I. Summary

II. Recommendations

To the Power-Sharing Government of Zimbabwe

To South African President Jacob Zuma and His Zimbabwe Facilitation Team..

To Southern African Development Community Member States and the African Union

To the Wider International Community (including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Other European Union Members)

III. Methodology

IV. Background

Brief History of ZANU-PF Repression

Global Political Agreement and Promised Reforms

Zimbabwean Law on Freedom of Expression and International Standards

V. Continuing Media Freedom Violations

Arbitrary Arrests and Harassment of Journalists

Threats and Harassment

VI. ZANU-PF’s Political Manipulation of Media Bodies

Myth of Media Reform

Unfulfilled Legislative Reforms

VII. Failing Power-Sharing and Human Rights Reform

VIII. South Africa’s Role in Mediating the Zimbabwe Crisis

IX. Acknowledgements