Six party negotiators to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and the South African facilitation team were on Friday still locked in talks that are expected to create a roadmap for fresh elections in Zimbabwe.
President Jacob Zumas three member team jetted into Harare on Tuesday evening and has since been in a number of meetings with individuals and with the negotiators. The team, bolstered by a fresh SADC mandate to move full steam ahead and ensure a speedy drafting and implementation of an election roadmap, is expected to leave Harare armed with a document agreed to by all parties.
MDC-T spokesman Nelson Chamisa confirmed to SW Radio Africa on Friday that talks were still ongoing in Harare. The latest round of talks on the roadmap formally started on Thursday following last weeks SADC Troika summit in Livingstone, Zambia that censured Robert Mugabe for the slow pace of implementing the GPA.
It has long been hoped that the full implementation of the GPA would allow at least minimum conditions for a free and fair election. But Mugabe and his ZANU PF party have delayed the process in the hope of unilaterally calling an election without any reforms in place, including a new constitution.
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