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The Bush administration has been critical of the South African leadership for failing to use all of its leverage to press Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on reforms.
But emerging from his meeting with Secretary Rice, ANC leader Zuma,who is considered likely to become South Africa's next president in 2009, said he and Rice share the same view on the need for an early deal on Zimbabwe power-sharing.
President Mugabe and Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai reached a basic accord on a coalition government last month.
But talks on implementing the deal have stalled over the division of cabinet seats, including Mr. Mugabe's insistence on continued control of the country's security forces and foreign affairs.
African National Congress president Jacob Zuma at Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa (File) Zuma said he and Rice agreed that the parties need to complete a deal for the sake of the Zimbabwean people. Although the United States broached the idea of new sanctions against Mr
The spokesman of the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Clifford Maribe told the Nation that his country will continue with its tough stance on Zimbabwe if the power-sharing deal does not work.
It should be understood that our position is informed by the fact that we wish for the people of Zimbabwe what we wish for ourselves. We, therefore, cannot stand aside and watch silently as our neighbours, relatives and fellow human beings suffer abuse at the hands of those who are supposed to protect them. We also take this stand out of concern that further deterioration of the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe threatens regional peace, stability and economic development, Mr Maribe said.
He added that the power sharing deal provided the parties with an opportunity to resolve their differences and set Zimbabwe on a path of national reconciliation, economic reconstruction and recovery. Unfortunately the deadlock over how cabinet posts should be divided among the three parties has stalled this process. This is a disturbing development which cannot be ignored as further delay in forming a government and implementing the power-sharing agreement can only increase the plight of the people of Zimbabwe, Maribe added.
He stated that Botswana currently hosts, at a great expense to its national budget, thousands of Zimbabwean nationals who are driven into neighbouring countries by the situation in their country. This situation cannot be allowed to go on unchallenged, he said.
Mr Maribe dismissed fears in some quarters that Zimbabwe might take retaliatory measures against Botswana for its tough stance against Mr Mugabes regime. Zimbabwe is Botswanas second biggest trading partner behind South Africa
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