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Sadc summit on Zimbabwe called off
06 Jun 2013 at 12:41hrs | Views
A Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit on Zimbabwe, due to be held on June 9, has been cancelled, Clayson Monyela, the spokesman for South Africa's Department of International Relations and Co-operation, said on Thursday.
"The summit is off. We hope it will be moved to a new date," he told BDlive on Thursday.
The main purpose of the summit had been for President Jacob Zuma, who is Sadc's facilitator on the continuing crisis in Zimbabwe, to deliver his latest report.
There was no immediate word about when the summit would take place. It was originally scheduled to be held in Maputo next Sunday and then there were suggestions it would be switched to Pretoria.
Mr Zuma's task is to help steer Zimbabwe back to peace and stability. The next objective is the holding of free and fair elections. Zimbabwe's constitutional court ruled last week that the presidential and parliamentary polls must be held by July 29 2013.
The polls will pit 89-year-old President Robert Mugabe, who has been in power since independence from Britain in 1980, against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.
"The summit is off. We hope it will be moved to a new date," he told BDlive on Thursday.
The main purpose of the summit had been for President Jacob Zuma, who is Sadc's facilitator on the continuing crisis in Zimbabwe, to deliver his latest report.
Mr Zuma's task is to help steer Zimbabwe back to peace and stability. The next objective is the holding of free and fair elections. Zimbabwe's constitutional court ruled last week that the presidential and parliamentary polls must be held by July 29 2013.
The polls will pit 89-year-old President Robert Mugabe, who has been in power since independence from Britain in 1980, against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.
Source - BDlive
