Mugabe, SA hail progress in Zimbabwe talks

Mugabe has hailed the progress made in the talks to resolve the crisis in his country Zimbabwe's power-sharing talks are making good progress but no meeting has been set between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabe's spokesperson said today. Zimbabwean media had said earlier that the two were expected to hold their first meeting since agreeing to the talks last month, and that South African President Thabo Mbeki, chief mediator in the talks, was also due in Harare. Mugabe's spokesperson, George Charamba, said the talks were "going on very well", but there would be no meeting of leaders today and Mbeki was not expected in town. There was no comment from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, but South Africa also said earlier that the talks were making good progress. The two sides... [read full story]