Tsvangirai's spokesman, Luke Tamborinyoka, told The Zimbabwean that the disputed deployment of officials was imminent despite wild claims to the contrary in the state-run media.
The Herald and ZBC quoted Mugabe as saying the visit violated Zimbabwe's sovereignty and SADC had agreed to halt the deployment.
"There is no timeline but they are definitely coming," Tamborinyoka said.
"What SADC basically did was to urge the troika and the facilitator to send the officials without further delay.”
He said Mugabe had no option but to allow them in as their deployment had been captured in the official SADC summit documents at their annual summit in Luanda last week.
"It's there in the communique," he said.
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