Following the disputed Zimbabwean presidential election of 2002, in which Mugabe was re-elected, the South African observer mission was among a minority of international delegations which concluded that the result should be viewed as "legitimate." However, in addition to the observer mission, Mbeki had sent South African judges Sisi Khampepe and Dikgang Moseneke to observe the 2002 election. Their report, commonly known as the Khampepe Report, was not released until 2014, when the Mail & Guardian successfully sued for its publication. Directly contradicting the conclusions of the observer mission, the report documented widespread political intimidation and other anti-democratic behaviours by ZANU-PF, and found that the election "cannot be considered free and fair."
