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    There have been 1,200 confirmed cases of cholera in Zimbabwe ©AFP/File - Str "Let us find a way to implement the agreement for the sake of Zimbabweans. We cannot stay with the agreement without implementing it. It is now an urgent matter, because people are dying" he said. Zuma said he would also dispatch a delegation from his African National Congress (ANC) to press both President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) into a deal. Full Article at Agence France-Presse
    Let us find a way to implement the agreement for the sake of Zimbabweans. We cannot stay with the agreement without implementing it. It is now an urgent matter, because people are dying
    SOURCE: Agence France-Presse 12 months ago
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SAfrica warns of Zimbabwe 'collapse' ahead of talks
  1. The entire basic structure... is broken down. These are all indications that the crisis in Zimbabwe is much greater, much worse than we ever could have imagined
    Jimmy Carter – Jimmy Carter SOURCE: Agence France-Presse 12 months ago
  2. We did make attempts to speak to President Mugabe. The response from the Zimbabwe side was that he was out of town and that as soon as he returned to Harare he would come back to us. He did not come back to us
    – Kgalema Motlanthe SOURCE: Agence France-Presse 12 months ago
  3. We are not dealing with a theoretical situation. We are a dealing with a situation that is affecting the lives of people
    SOURCE: Agence France-Presse 12 months ago
  4. Unless the root cause of the political absence of a legitimate government is solved, the situation will get worse and will implode or collapse altogether
    – Kgalema Motlanthe SOURCE: Agence France-Presse 12 months ago

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