International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Marius Fransman, who serves as President Jacob Zuma's Special Envoy on Madagascar, is leading the talks held in Seychelles.
South Africa is the current chair of the SADC Organ Troika on Politics, and it is in this capacity that Fransman is facilitating the meeting between the Malagasy political leaders - Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana.
"We go to Seychelles to find a sustainable solution for the return of an appeasement climate in the context of the current political crisis in Madagascar," Madagascar's transition president Rajoelina was cited as saying before leaving for the talks.
Former President Ravalomanana and Rajoelina became political rivals in December 2008 when Ravalomanana, then the president, closed the Viva television station (owned by Rajoelina) for broadcasting a speech by Ravalomanana's predecessor.
Rajoelina, mayor of Antananarivo from December 2007 to March 2009, led a massive demonstration against Ravalomanana.
Abandoned by the army, Ravalomanana gave up his power to the military on 17 March 2009 and later the military transferred the presidency to Rajoelina.
Rajoelina officially took the power on 21 March of that year, while Ravalomanana fled to exile in South Africa.
Although the two have agreed to restore peace - under the auspices of the SADC Roadmap - power sharing remains a hot issue between the political rivals, and currently the transitional government is jointly led by supporters of both Rajoelina and Ravalomanana amid apparent difficulties of cohabitation.
