No ANC Youth League meeting request for Mbeki yet

Thabo Mbeki's office says it has not yet received a call from the ANC Youth League to meet after Julius Malema said he would be requesting one.

'You don’t negotiate with a gun'

Mugabe this week gave Morgan Tsvangirai until Thursday to sign the proposed power-sharing agreement.

Zim power-sharing talks 'going smoothly'

Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's rival political parties were going smoothly on Monday, a South African official said.

Tsvangirai says Mugabe declares war

President Robert Mugabe has "declared war" in Zimbabwe, said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday from inside the Dutch embassy in Harare.

Mbeki 'not invited' to Zim meeting

Leaders will hold an meeting in Swaziland on Wednesday to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe but key negotiator President Thabo Mbeki will not attend.

Tsvangirai quits violence-plagued election

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew on Sunday from the June 27 presidential run-off election.

SA mediators in Zim amid election tension

A South African mediation team was in Zimbabwe on Saturday as part of efforts to resolve the country's political crisis.

Tsvangirai resumes campaigning

Zimbabwe's opposition presidential candidate resumed campaigning on Thursday, the morning after he spent nine hours in police detention.

Mbeki 'no longer fit' to be Zim mediator

The Zimbabwean opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has told President Thabo Mbeki that he is no longer fit to serve as the region's mediator in Zimbabwe's political crisis owing to a "lack of neutrality", and that "there will be no country left" if Mbeki continues to side with President Robert Mugabe.

DA says Mbeki must release letter he sent to Bush

President Thabo Mbeki must release the letter he allegedly wrote to George Bush asking the American president to "butt out" of Zimbabwe, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday. Mbeki's four-page letter to Bush apparently criticised the United States for taking sides against Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe.

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