{"id":422029,"date":"2011-06-10T20:07:51","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T20:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/10\/mugabe-meets-zuma-ahead-of-summit\/"},"modified":"2011-06-10T20:07:51","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T20:07:51","slug":"mugabe-meets-zuma-ahead-of-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/mugabe-meets-zuma-ahead-of-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Mugabe Meets Zuma Ahead of Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"32.3627906977\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sapa.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/sapa180.gif\" alt=\"South African Press Association (Johannesburg)\" title=\"Visit South African Press Association (Johannesburg)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Pretoria \u2014 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe accompanied by several of his ministers paid a courtesy visit to President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Media were invited to take photographs and film the leaders, but were barred from asking questions.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released before the meeting, the South African presidency said Mugabe and Zuma would engage on a number of issues ahead of the SA Development Community Summit and the summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and SADC.<\/p>\n<p>The South African government is hosting the Second Tripartite COMESA-EAC-SADC Summit n Sandton this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Southern African leaders would also meet on Saturday evening to lay out a roadmap for elections in Zimbabwe, reportedly amid warnings of rising violence and intimidation.<\/p>\n<p>Zuma&#8217;s foreign policy adviser Lindiwe Zulu told the media that he and Mugabe would focus only on the mediation process leading to elections.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about recent criticisms of her by Zimbabwe&#8217;s ruling Zanu-Pf party, Zulu said Zuma had confidence in her efforts to do her job as a mediator.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the June 13 sentencing of 87-year-old South African farmer Philip Hapelt for illegally farming the land on which he was born near Gweru would be raised, Zulu said: &#8220;The only issues that will be raised are issues for this summit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>French news agency Agence France Presse reported that SADC members would consider a report by its security &#8220;troika&#8221;, which at an earlier meeting in Zambia lashed out at Mugabe over his failure to make reforms which would pave the way for elections.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106101190.html\" title=\"Mugabe Meets Zuma Ahead of Summit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mugabe Meets Zuma Ahead of Summit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 10 June 2011 Pretoria \u2014 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe accompanied by several of his ministers paid a courtesy visit to President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria on Friday afternoon. 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