Lindiwe Zulu adds her voice on Zimbabwe parliament violence

The chief facilitator to Zimbabwean inter-party talks and South African President Jacob Zuma's international relations adviser, Lindiwe Zulu, has condemned what is perceived as the Zanu PF sponsored violence in and outside Parliament on Saturday.

Speaking to London based SW Radio Africa on Monday Zulu said "any violence coming from any quarter at any time is really not acceptable and the parties have committed themselves through the Global Political Agreement that they will deal with such issues." She said she hoped the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) "will be up and about dealing with this."

Zulu added, "it's very unfortunate, that's exactly what Livingstone (SADC Troika Summit) was about. The leaders at Livingstone took a firm decision to call on all three political parties to deal with the issue of violence. But they also called on them to create an environment that is conducive for political activity for everybody.

"When there are incidents of violence like that it's very unfortunate and we feel strongly they all need to take responsibility and make sure that does not happen."