Zuma's GPA negotiators jets into Zimbabwe

South African President Jacob Zuma's facilitation team comprising Lindiwe Zulu, Mac Maharaj and Charles Nqakula are in Harare for talks with the negotiators of the three parties in the Global Political Agreement (GPA).

A South African official moving around with the team confirmed their presence saying they are on a mission to meet the negotiators of the three political parties in the GPA and to get an update on the progress that has been made in the implementation of the agreement in various areas.

The current visit by the facilitators comes hot on the heels of a SADC special summit of the AADC TROIKA organ on politics, defence and security in Johannesburg South Africa last month.

The TROIKA Summit last month expressed satisfaction with the progress on the implementation of the GPA and the making of a new constitution in the country.

Analysts have said the SADC mediation role in Zimbabwe has reached its full potential and is losing steam as parties in the GPA remain bogged down on the same issues with no solution in sight.

They say that the team needs to restrategise and bring new ideas on the negotiating table to move Zimbabwe forward.

Head of State and Government and Commander In-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, President Robert Mugabe has said that the inclusive government no longer has the people's mandate as it has overstayed the duration it was given by the GPA.

The visit of the facilitation team is being viewed as a precursor to the SADC summit to be held in Angola this week where the facilitator President Jacob Zuma will be expected to brief the Southern African leaders on the Zimbabwean issue.