Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is to jet off to Zimbabwe later today to try and resolve disputes within that country's power-sharing government.
Zuma, who is regionally appointed mediator on Zimbabwe, is likely to discuss the implementation of the global political agreement (GPA), issues agreed at the previous SADC meeting and any troubling issues that might have arisen in between the implementation.
President Robert Mugabe and his Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have remained deadlocked on certain parts of the GPA.
This, according to media reports from Zimbabwe, has led to Tsvangirai not attending the progress meetings held regularly with Mugabe since October.
Both leaders have in recent months called for new elections next year to end their increasingly hostile marriage of convenience.
But civic groups say an atmosphere of fear and intimidation prevails in the country, especially in rural areas, and fair elections cannot be held under these circumstances.
