The African Union’s Economic, Social and Cultural Council has partnered with civil society in Zimbabwe in the call for sanctions imposed on that country to be lifted.
The group says the penalties have made it difficult for government to access lines of debt relief and has negatively affected the economy, resulting in the current over 80% unemployment rate.
Martha Shumba, who is an activist based in South Africa, and a member of the Southern African Civil Society discusses this on SABC
