African
leaders have decided to congregate to discuss the ongoing impasse in
Zimbabwe with the fate of Mugabe hanging in the balance.
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President Robert Mugabe
The South African President, Jacob Zuma will be in Botswana today
(Thursday) ‚ where ministers from four countries are meeting to discuss
the Zimbabwe army lockdown.
The meeting is also seen as a move to block Grace Mugabe’s attempt to succeed her husband Robert Mugabe as president.
Mugabe had told President Jacob Zuma by telephone on Wednesday that
he was confined to his home but was otherwise fine and the military
said it was keeping him and his family, including wife Grace, safe.
In a statement, Zuma said a ministerial meeting of the Southern
African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics‚ Defence and
Security Cooperation will meet today in Gaborone.
“The meeting will be attended by Ministers from Angola‚ Zambia‚
Tanzania and South Africa. It will be co-chaired by the Minister of
International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa and the Angolan
Defence Minister.
“It is expected that the Ministers will make recommendations to
the Heads of State and Government on the political situation in
Zimbabwe‚” the statement said.
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