Harare — SADC leadership will not convene an emergency meeting on Zimbabwe as the current chairman of the bloc -- South Africa President Jacob Zuma is satisfied with the progress made by the inclusive Government.
The MDC-T recently wrote to the regional grouping asking for Sadc intervention on "outstanding issues" which they claimed had not been dealt with by President Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara.
PM Tsvangirai in May told party supporters that the party had agreed to a resolution immediately referring outstanding issues to Sadc and the African Union.
The party's national executive that had met earlier before the rally is reported to have pressurised PM Tsvangirai to push for the resolution.
However, media reports from South Africa said the current Sadc chairman, President Zuma ignored the MDC-T request opting to discuss with President Mugabe and DPM Mutambara on the progress made by the inclusive Government.
Zimbabwean Ambassador to South Africa Simon Khaya Moyo, yesterday said the Sadc chairman was very clear on the issue indicating that the inclusive Government had made tremendous achievements in the short period it had been in existence.
"Sadc is very clear on the issue of Zimbabwe and President Zuma is at the moment preparing to hand over the chairmanship to President Kabila at the next Summit in the DRC," he said.
Ambassador Khaya Moyo said President Zuma also indicated that his country was also willing to assist Zimbabwe in all its needs.
"There was absolutely nothing said about a Sadc summit on Zimbabwe. President Zuma was generally delighted with the progress made by the new Government.
"There is a general feeling in Sadc that all outstanding issues to the Global Political Agreement can be resolved by the parties that are signatories to the agreement," said Ambassador Moyo who attends some of the meetings.
Speaking after meeting PM Tsvangirai in South Africa on Monday, President Zuma expressed satisfaction with the progress made by the inclusive Government in various areas saying he would soon engage President Mugabe to get an update on developments.
The South African president said he would also be in touch with DPM Mutambara in addition to briefing Sadc Heads of State and Government at the forthcoming Summit.
The MDC-T leadership has raised concern over the appointment of Attorney General Mr Johannes Tomana and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono saying it was unprocedural.
Meanwhile, the resurfacing of the "outstanding issues" has been described as a plan to put Zimbabwe on the spotlight again ahead of visits by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her British counterpart David Miliband to Southern Africa.
"These are political overtures to try and attract the attention of these high -- ranking officials who would be in South Africa this week," a political analyst said yesterday.

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