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SADC
failure to solve Zim impasse cause for concern
Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum
November 10, 2008
The Zimbabwe Solidarity
forum in South Africa express deep concern over the failure of SADC
and the feuding political parties in Zimbabwe to find a sustainable
solution to the political impasse!
The Forum urges
the conflicting parties in Zimbabwe to consider the needs of the
suffering people of Zimbabwe and immediately come up with a solution
to the ever-deepening crisis. The people can not afford to wait
any longer. In his opening speech, during the SADC Extra-ordinary
Summit, South African President Kgalema Montlanthe expressed disappointment
at Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Mutambara for failing to form a new cabinet
in line with the Mbeki brokered power-sharing deal
which was signed on the 15th September 2008.
The stance taken by Botswana
and Zambia is also a welcome form of solidarity for the people of
Zimbabwe and it is imperative that other African Heads of state
join the band wagon of isolating the Mugabe regime. Zimbabweans
are struggling to survive amid widespread shortages of meat, milk
and other basic commodities as a result of the collapse of the agricultural
sector. The country is dependent on food handouts and malnutrition
is on the rise.
Zimbabwe's economic crisis
has forced millions of its citizens to flee the country, an estimated
three million of them moving to neighbouring South Africa alone.
Ties between Zimbabwe and neighbouring Botswana have also become
strained recently after Botswana President Seretse Khama Ian Khama
said a new election was the only solution to the crisis in Zimbabwe.
Establishing a unity government is seen as critical to reversing
economic meltdown in Zimbabwe, where inflation is officially 231
million percent. Even under government price controls, the cost
of bread is doubling every week.
The call for ceasefire
and sending an increased number of peace-keeping forces in DRC is
a welcome development. Instability in DRC and Zimbabwe is a threat
to regional stability and there is a need for a quick, collective
regional response to the challenges.
The struggle continues.
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