Tsvangirai in South Africa to meet Zuma

Tsvangirais spokesman James Maridadi told SW Radio Africa the Prime Minister had several engagements lined up in South Africa, starting with an investment dinner at Sandton Convention Centre on Friday night.

Maridadi said Tsvangirai was also scheduled to meet Zuma sometime this weekend to appraise him on the inclusive government, but MDC sources told us Tsvangirai wants Zuma to pressure Robert Mugabe to reverse the appointments of of Attorney General Johannes Tomana and Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono.
The MDC leader is said to be frustrated by the lack of progress in solving the outstanding issues in the GPA, after Mugabe refused to budge on his re-appointment of Gono and Tomana. The three principals have since declared a deadlock on these two issues, meriting intervention from SADC as guarantors of the deal.
Zuma, who holds the rotating Chairmanship of SADC, was sent a letter by Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara two months ago, asking for assistance in resolving the outstanding disputes in the inclusive government.

The MDC accuses Mugabe of using the Attorney General to get back ZANU PFs Parliamentary majority by using trumped-up criminal charges to drive out elected MDC MPs.

Mugabes ZANU PF lost its grip on the legislature for the first time in its history after the 2008 March elections when the MDC took control of the Lower House and drew level in the Senate.
The inclusive government was formed to end the ZANU PF led violence that erupted after the polls and to rescue the economy from a decade of freefall driven by hyperinflation that left the local currency worthless.
The country this month began the process of drafting a new constitution meant to pave the way to fresh elections. On Thursday, Tsvangirai attended his first meeting with military chiefs at the inaugural session of the National Security Council created under the unity deal.
The council is a new organ created to oversee the security forces and to prevent Mugabe from exercising total control over them.