Zim faces 'Kenya-like' violence
07/03/2008 20:35  - (SA)  

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Pretoria - An outbreak of violence in Zimbabwe is a possibility if the current situation in that country does not change, angry protesters said on Friday in Pretoria.

"If things don't change, don't be alarmed of a situation like [that] of Kenya," said Vice Chairman of the Zimbabwean Civic Society Sox Shitohwero.

Shitohwero was speaking outside the Zimbabwean High Commission where protesters delivered a memorandum calling for free and fair elections.

Elections are expected to take place in Zimbabwe on March 29.

However, the approximately 300 protesters were angered after no one from the commission came out to receive the memorandum.

The protesters, some Zimbabwean nationals, as well as members of the SA Communist Party (SACP) threw their placards and pieces of paper on the pavement outside the commission.

Earlier on Friday, protesters handed over memoranda to the Kenyan and Swazi High Commissions.

The march was organised by the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu).

The protesters called for the return of all Swazi exiles and that international observers be allowed to monitor the election in Zimbabwe.

The group called on the Kenyan government to allow for political, economic and social transformation within the country.

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