Southern Africa: Motlanthe Offers to Mediate Mnangagwa-Chamisa Talks

10 December 2018

Former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe has reportedly offered to mediate between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa in attempts to remedy a political impasse that has thrown the country's fragile economy into a fresh tailspin.

Motlanthe chairs President Mnangagwa's Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 post-election disturbances that saw six civilians gunned down by suspected members of the national army who were deployed into central Harare on the fateful day to quell wild skirmishes by alleged MDC supporters.

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