Vigil for Zimbabwe this Friday

This Friday, 27 June, a vigil will be held outside the Zimbabwe Embassy at 429 The Strand, from 10am to 4pm to mark the death of democracy in Zimbabwe.

There will also be a 'funeral procession' to the South African High Commission in South Africa House, Trafalgar Square between 1pm and 2pm.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) have come out today against the survival of the defeated Mugabe regime and I was heartened by the more vociferous comments yesterday of Jacob Zuma, the ANC President in South Africa. Britain's TUC has also been urging a more interventionist approach by the South African Development Community (SADC): the group that has most clout with Zimbabwe and which, if they were minded to, could probably bring about the downfall of the Mugabe tyranny.

The Zimbabwe Vigil Coalition holds a vigil outside the Zimbabwe Embassy every Saturday between 2pm and 8pm.