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SA denies supporting Mugabe’s land reform policies

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Original Post Date: 2001-08-29 Time: 04:25:33  Posted By: Jan

19/07/2001

The Foreign Affairs department has dismissed reports claiming that South
Africa is part of the African countries supporting President Robert Mugabe’s
land reform policies.

Ronnie Mamoepa, the department’s spokesperson, has described the reports as ”
thunder and lightening signifying nothing.”

He says the OAU council of ministers has recommended that a committee,
including SA, be established to assist Zimbabwe in its dialogue with the EU,
as well as finding a lasting and peaceful solution to the land question
within the frame work of the law and the constitution.

Earlier today reports said several African foreign ministers attending the
OAU summit in Zambia, including South Africa, have blamed Britain for the
ongoing land crisis in Zimbabwe.

They say the country’s refusal to support Harare’s land reform efforts has
led to political instability, conflict and economic despair.

A draft resolution leaked to journalists is expected to be adopted on
Wednesday and apparently praises Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s efforts
to seize white farms without compensation. It also condemns Britain for
refusing to honour commitments to help fund the land reform process.

The document has also noted with concern British moves to mobilise European
and North American countries to isolate Zimbabwe.

About 32 African leaders are meeting in Zambia over the next three days for a
summit that will transform the Organisation of African Unity into an African
Union.

Meanwhile, the summit was marred by a group of angry protesters, who blocked
the main road to the venue. They had just attended the funeral of Zambia’s
opposition leader Paul Tembo.

He was murdered on Friday, before he was about to testify in a case against
government ministers.