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Opposition MDC Alliance Vice President Welshman Ncube says the ongoing crisis spilling into neighboring countries in the region is a product of a continuous vicious cycle of contested elections in Zimbabwe.

Opposition MDC Alliance international relations secretary Gladys Hlatshwayo has called on SADC to intervene in Zimbabwe’s escalating political crisis after the regional bloc recently excluded the country on the agenda of heads of state and governments summit.

Political analysts Dr Charles Sinkala and Sanusha Naidu discuss that African leaders undermine the role of AU and SADC to remedy Zimbabwe’s crisis hence these institutions become invalid in protecting citizens’ human rights.

Political analyst Professor Somadoda Fikeni explains why SADC has been reluctant to remedy Zimbabwe’s ongoing human rights crisis being proliferated by escalating political tensions.

Kenyan legal pundit Professor Patrick Lumumba has urged SADC and AU to intervene in Zimbabwe’s humanitarian crisis that has caught the global eye.

SADC has called for a collective effort in resolving the crisis in Zimbabwe. The current chair of its Organon politics, defence, and security co-operation says what’s happening there, affects neighbouring countries. The statement follows a march in Harare by hundreds of lawyers to the Constitutional Court calling for the immediate restoration of the rule of law and order. This was amid rape allegations by security forces in some parts of the country which the government has condemned. The country has been on a knife edge since protests broke out two weeks ago over a fuel price hike.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has held talks with Bankers and Captains of industry and commerce in Harare Zimbabwe. This as the country faces tough economic challenges.
The opposition has called for intervention from SADC and the AU.

South Africa as SADC Chair has called on member countries to send observers to Zimbabwe during the coming elections.
International relations minister Lindiwe Sisulu interacted with Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs Minister in Mauritania last weekend to get a briefing on the state of readiness.

Temba Mliswa questions SADC over intervention in Zim – VIDEO

Botswana Minister Moitoi lost AU Chair position because Botswana President Khama does not attend SADC and AU meetings – President Mugabe