Zimbabwe talks are starting at secret location
South Africa's presidential spokesman said Wednesday that power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition forces were under way at a secret location.
But Zimbabwe's justice minister, the chief ruling party negotiator, was quoted as saying they are to start Thursday.
President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed an agreement Monday to hold power-sharing talks to end Zimbabwe's crisis, which has deepened after three months of state-sponsored electoral violence.
The leaders agreed on the need to work together "in an inclusive government" and committed to creating a "genuine, viable, permanent and sustainable solution."
Mukoni Ratshitanga, spokesman for mediator President Thabo Mbeki, said the talks are "in progress," but Zimbabwe's government-controlled Herald newspaper quoted Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa as saying talks start Thursday.
It is impossible to confirm the information from Ratshitanga since the talks are scheduled to take place in a secret location in or near the South African capital, Pretoria.
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Posted By: GAMEOVER @ 07/11/2008 9:26:38 AM
Comment: ZIMBABWEAN TRADERS IN MOST BORBER TOWNS HAVE STARTED TO REJECT THE ZIMBABWEAN CURRENCY THE ZIMBABWEAN CURRENCY HAS BECOME WORTHLESS AS THE LARGEST NOTE BEING $50BILLION CAN NOT BUY A LOAF OF BREAD. THE TRADERS ARE ACCEPTING FORIEGN CURRENCY AND OLD ZIMBABWEAN COINS AS PAYMENT.AS THIS IS HAPPENING MUGABE IS STRUGGLING TO CLING ON TO POWER AS THE THE PRESSURES OF YEARS OF ECONOMIC MISRULES TAKE IT TOLL AS THING BEGIN TO FAST FALL APART IN ZIMBABWE
Posted By: techresmgt @ 06/29/2008 11:53:32 AM
Comment: 'Discredited vote'? This is the strongest condemnation the media can come up with for someone that has ordered people murdered and babies legs broken to ensure his illegitimate 'victory'? Supporters of this regime are not our 'friends', in spite of their rhetorical and incoherent poetic ramblings.
Posted By: Silentmajority @ 06/28/2008 8:07:26 AM
Comment: Congratulations to Mr. Mugabe!! It was the Herald, not AP or NEWSWEEK, that had the courage to report the truth. The herald told the world the truth despite unreasonable interference of Zimbabwe's domestic mateer by hypocritic aliens.