The situation in Zimbabwe is "critical" says the leader of South Africa's governing ANC after meeting world leaders, known as Elders. Full Article at BBC News
We are going there to insist that all issues must be dealt with seriously
failure to implement it in good faith and create a good workable power-sharing government is leading to despair and accelerating the crisis
We were expecting a gloomy situation, but the situation is far beyond what we could have imagined
I don't see it happening tomorrow
We have indicated to them that the most important issues are the lives and the suffering of the people and that must be paramount. I hope they will draw the right conclusions and move expeditiously to form a government.
The situation has gone [beyond] where we could say 'wait and see'. We are pleading for the leadership [of the ruling party and opposition] for the sake of the people to find a solution that would help them move forward.
No amount of political disagreement can ever justify the suffering that ordinary Zimbabweans are being subjected to at the moment
He doesn't want to admit there's a need for assistance
We have a sense that either the leadership doesn't have a clear picture of how deep the suffering is of their own people, or they don't care
so the whole world would know what we have learnt the last three days.
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