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Original Post Date: 2007-03-21 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
[No chance. If there is enough pressure, Mbeki will pretend to want to do something and then when nobody is looking he’ll go back to doing bugger all. Jan]
Washington – The United States has urged South Africa to help international efforts to end a violent crackdown on the political opposition to Zimbabwe’s long-time ruler, Robert Mugabe, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised the issue during a telephone call with her South African counterpart, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, on Friday, State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said.
“One thing we are looking for from the South African government is to lend their voice to efforts to stop the political violence that is ongoing in Zimbabwe,” McCormack said.
He said Washington also hoped South Africa would boost its effort to help improve “the really increasingly bad economic situation” in Zimbabwe.
South Africa, the regional powerhouse, has been widely criticised for not doing more to curb the crackdown on Zimbabwe’s political opposition by Mugabe, who has ruled the country since independence in 1980.
Mugabe’s government came under international condemnation last week for violently breaking up an opposition rally during which senior politicians were severely beaten and arrested.
South Africa, which has long pursued a policy of “quiet diplomacy” towards its northern neighbour, has called for Zimbabwe to respect the rights of all its citizens but the comments stop some of the expressions of outrage that have been heard elsewhere.
The United States said last week it was considering widening a programme of bilateral sanctions which is already in place against Mugabe and his immediate coterie.
Ogwu, speaking to AFP on Monday during a visit to Oslo, countered that “continued dialogue, continued negotiations” were needed in dealing with the Zimbabwe crisis.
“Regarding economic sanctions, it is important that states that are external to Africa do not take actions that are inimical to the interests of Zimbabwe and Africa,” Ogwu said. – Sapa-AFP
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