A letter has reached the South African newspapers from Morgan Tsvangirai pleading with Thabo Mbeki to do something, and his office claims to have “never received the letter”.

Simply disgraceful.

The courts in Zimbabwe actually seem to be doing their jobs though, ordering the release of a jailed opposition MP, and reversing the police ban on rallies, though this may not help much with ZANU-PF thugs using violence to disrupt the rallies.

It’s no wonder that Human Rights Watch is calling for intervention.