He told a press briefing after holding talks with his Botswana
counterpart Ian Khama, We agreed that with regards to Zimbabwe the
next step really is to ensure that we unblock the impasse for them to
take amendment 19 through the senate and the assembly, so that Mr
Tsvangirai could be sworn in as prime minister andMutambara as the vice
prime minister and Mugabe as the president, so that once the three of
them have been sworn in they can then form an inclusive government.
President Ian Khama meets the Elders group
Botswana President Ian Khama met with members of the Elders group in
Johannesburg after they were refused entry into Zimbabwe on Saturday.
Former US President Jimmy Carter and ex-UN secretary general Kofi Annan
were to embark on a humanitarian mission to the strife-torn country,
but were denied visas by Mugabe's government.
Carter, Annan and Grace Machel, wife of former South African predisent
Nelson Mandela experienced first-hand accounts of the harrowing
conditions in Zimbabwe from refugees at the Central Methodist Church in
downtown Johannesburg. They are on a mission to assess the needs of
ordinary Zimbabweans and free up the flow of aid to the cholera-ravaged
country.
The Elders Group have already held talks with the leader of the
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Morgan Tsvangirai, who is also in
Johannesburg . The MDC is at loggerheads with the ZANU-PF party, led by
Mugabe, over the allocation of Cabinet Ministers and other positions in
a proposed unity government.
The Elders Group will hold talks with President Motlanthe in Johannesburg on Monday about the situation in Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, the Zimbabwean Government has been reported as saying that
they have not refused Annan and his group entry but that the Elders
Group had not proper arrangements for their visit.