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Mugabe flies out to South Africa
19 Feb 2015 at 14:20hrs | Views
SADC Chairperson, President Robert Mugabe has left for South Africa to attend a SADC extra-ordinary Troika meeting in Pretoria.
The meeting is aimed at resolving political tension in Lesotho and assist the country deliver a credible election on the 28th of February.
President Mugabe, who is accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, was seen off at the Harare International Airport by Vice Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, cabinet ministers, senior government officials and service chiefs.
The SADC Chairperson will meet other heads of state, Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security (Troika), South African President Jacob Zuma and Botswana President Seretse Ian Khama as the regional bloc seeks solutions to Lesotho's problems.
Lesotho goes to the polls on the 28th of February and SADC wants an environment suitable for the holding of a free and fair election.
The meeting is aimed at resolving political tension in Lesotho and assist the country deliver a credible election on the 28th of February.
President Mugabe, who is accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, was seen off at the Harare International Airport by Vice Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, cabinet ministers, senior government officials and service chiefs.
The SADC Chairperson will meet other heads of state, Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security (Troika), South African President Jacob Zuma and Botswana President Seretse Ian Khama as the regional bloc seeks solutions to Lesotho's problems.
Lesotho goes to the polls on the 28th of February and SADC wants an environment suitable for the holding of a free and fair election.
Source - zbc
