South African President Jacob Zuma is expected to take a leading role in monitoring follow-through by the partners in Zimbabwe’s government of national unity in implementing a deal concluded late Thursday in Maputo, Mozambique, by the GNU principals with the help of the Southern African Development Community troika on politics.
A communiqué issued by the SADC committee said the unity government principals “should engage in dialogue with immediate effect within 15 days (but) not beyond 30 days.”
Some have taken this to mean the parties have committed themselves to reach agreement on outstanding issues in that 30-day window, though the language is ambiguous.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said after the SADC troika meeting that his movement for Democratic Change Formation would restore normal relations with the ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe. Mr. Tsvangirai declared Oct. 16 that his party was disengaging from ZANU-PF over its alleged violations of the power-sharing agreement.
SADC sources said African leaders at the meeting, who included President Armando Guebuza of Mozambique, troika chairman, and Mr. Zuma told the Zimbabwean leaders not to set pre-conditions to negotiations, as as both wanted their grievances to be addressed first.
Sources informed on the Maputo talks said President Mugabe and Prime Minister Tsvangirai traded recriminations during the discussions, the president complaining that the MDC had not done enough to bring about the lifting of Western travel and financial restrictions, and the prime minister alleging a calculated ZANU-PF crackdown on members of his party.
VOA
mugabe is talking nonsense how can MDC lift the sanctions, zanu can play a role in lifting the sanctions by respecting the GPA and implementing it fully.
please can someone tell the journalist of herald to stop giving mugabe all the titles on each article they write ” head of state, commander in chief, head of zanu, head of dynamos, head of everything” that is so tired please spare us that man is imposing himself on us we don’t recognise him as head of any of those except zanu. charamba this is your way of thinking please just mention that he is a self imposed president of zimbabwe and also recognise the GPA for accomodating him as president other wise he is not even head of ther rulling party, he is head of opposition that party (zanupf) that lost elections.
Guseni, i thought you dont read the herald. so you will be lying to us?
Abel, Guseni and others read the Herald not because there is news, but to understand the desperation in ZANU(PF). Now George Charamba is exposed. Let him choose between being Permanent Secretary of Political Commissar for ZANU(PF). He cant have it both ways. How can George Charamba instruct the Herald and Sunday Mail and ZBC to be properties of ZANU(PF)? Thats why they wouldn’t be happy having any other media because the results will be obvious..no one will read the Herald. The number of satelite dishes reveals that no one is interested in ZBC anymore. So Abel, the reality is that no one is interested in ZANU(PF) anymore and thats fact. Charamba and CIO can send the few CIO to write rubbish on online publ;ications but the truth is they are wasting time. Ma Chinja are holding rallies everywhere and the attendence shows who is in charge. When villagers in my home district hear that some ZANU(PF) MP wants to address them they run to the fields. But if they hear that Chinja is coming they all rush to the centers. This is reality in Zimbabwe Abel. I know you are outside Zimbabwe and you would have wanted Mugabe and ZANU(PF) to be the same as 20 years ago. Soory mate. Without the gun no one will vote for ZANU(PF) and thats fact.
Wishfull thinking once more from you Sheppy. Its non of Morgan’s business what Charamba does. He can be Bob’s spokesman just like Bennet can be Morgan’s spokesman if he wants.
Noone is intrested in Zanu pf , true, but they will rule you till the donkeys have grown horns, why? Have you tried to answer that question? I think its not because of guns and soldiers, those guys are struggling just like everyone else. The reality is that you have loosers for leaders and the more you keep them there the longer it will take you to remove Zanu pf.If we entered Zim for the olympics, we would be quaranteed of the summersaults gold medal curtiousy of one Morgan Tsvangirai, and you want to keep on such a man.
Oh please Abel dont argue like a grade 1 pupil. Really you can do better than this. Mugabe lost the elections and is ruling because of Tsvangirai’s weakness you want us to believe? Shame. So Hitler, Musolini, Abacha, Idi Amin etc were all ruling because the opposition in their countries were weak? So an armed man who enters your house and rapes your wife does so successfully because you are weak? Oh shame Abel please offer better minds not this nonsense. Mugabe killed more than 20 000 Ndebels who were not armed.Its not that Nkomo was weak. Mugabe is in power because he staged a military coup in 2008 and thats why SADC leaders, who fought hard to avoid a blood bath in Zimbabwe, pursuaded Tsvangirai, the understanding and democratic leader to let bygones and form a Unity government. SADC like anyone else thought that Mugabe and his military backers would at least be human enough to let things run smoothly. They were wrong and now SADC is fed up. Even Joseph Kabila never minced his words. Look at how ZANU(PF) is isolated. Mugabe left Maputo in a huff. Patric Chinamasa told the Sunday Mail later that the Maputo summit was a success because it called for dialogue..hic hic. George Charamba said the Maputo summit never gave deadlines and no one is going to abide by deadlines. Mugabe’s face was like someone moving in a toliet in Mbare. How times changes. But where was “Comrade Mbeki?” to save his friends? He is also fed up. Losers and killers who want to pretend that they are winners. Nguva yakwana Makhebho
MDC has too many analysts like yourself and few doers.Sounds familiar Sheppy?
guseni is right, why not only say THE PRESIDENT kwete commander in chief he
he commander in chief pese pese which means something is not right