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President Rupiah Banda with South African special envoy Reverend Frank Chikani after private talks at Mushroom Lodge in Mfuwe
President Rupiah Banda with South African special envoy Reverend Frank Chikani after private talks at Mushroom Lodge in Mfuwe

President Rupiah Banda yesterday held talks with a special envoy of South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, regarding the humanitarian problems prevailing in Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

President Banda met South Africa’s Cabinet Secretary, Reverend Frank Chikane at Mushroom Lodge in Mfuwe where Rev. Chikane delivered a special message from President Motlanthe on the situation in Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Those in attendance of the closed door meeting were Zambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Kabinga Pande and Minister of Health Kapembwa Simbao, while the South African delegation included Dr. Ayanda Ntsaluba, Director General of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Joy Ratheba, a Presidential Chief Analyst for International Relations and Trade.

The South African envoy was in Zambia to consult President Banda in his capacity as a member of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Troika which has been involved in trying to find a lasting solution to the problems prevailing in Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In a press statement issued by State House Chief Analyst for Press and Public Relations Dickson Jere, President Banda said Zambia will support the humanitarian initiative by SADC on Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The South African delegation later left Zambia for the Democratic Repulic of Congo for similar talks.

56 COMMENTS

  1. Dis Zimbabwe thing is all due to Mbekis quiet diplomacy. What they ought to do is Kick the bagger (Mugabe) out by fire or force

  2. The happenings in Zim are sad. I have relatives who are barely making ends meet just because of one selfish, arrogant and inconsiderate leader. he even has the audacity ti claim that cholera is over. What a shame! Bobs ending will be worse than Hitler`s.
    Zim is not kingdom.

  3. #6 morning 2u 2, thy tried n failed.No mfwiti can remuv Bob coz he is the bigest mfwiti. U can tel frm his face he dnt luk humanNo diference btwin him and baboon

  4. only Ian Khama is being bold enough to say what is happening in Zim is a lot of nonsense!Mugabe should go!Its like a Christian who fails to tell a sining brother that he is a sinner thinking it is more like judging him.Even the Bible in some cases has said expel the immoral brother!Abashi Mugabe!Iwe chi RB even Levy said Zim is like a sinking Titanic:say sumthing!!!

  5. Mwanawasa was vocal, Ba RB is quite, because he was born in Southern Rhodesia maybe his family is there still.

  6. I know this may sound crazy,but I have to share it with you guys.Yesterday for going to bed I had to spend some time complaining to God about my complicated relationship.So I asked God for an option.Hey He(God) showed me all the bloggers on LT,of course Female bloggers.Hey guys BabyC,Supergal,Sweet Thang,Sarah Jones,Lisa,Norah and Girly Nimbama.Its like when God was creating them He had to Involve Jesus as His chief Engineer,and the Holy Spirit as a Chief architecture.I ended up ukufilwa ukusala.to be contd

  7. I also had a Chance to see my fellow gentelemeni,I tell you Rashid is handsome as if he is one of the angels in heaven,Sony Eric Phiri very handsome chap,the only problem he had tail ya mbeba inthe mouth,Nine Chale naba Chewe Hey the guys are handsome as if they are Jesus’brothers,Pumpy naba Moze are very beau…oh sorry handsome,if you are not careful you might think ni nkece.Father Christmas This guy is handsome he looks like all the pictures of Jesus.Unfortunately I didnt see myself.This was a vision in form of a dream.Good day guys.

  8. Pliz, ine napapata. Tell RB to stop pointing fingers at his friends coz kunda is more less like him. LPM never used to point at him. even if hez the presdo, awe chacilamo. i wonder y if it is arrogant or dull. anyway i wont say much…….

  9. Sorry about your Aunt, travell safely mon and don’t forget ilyakuchibolya, we need some real herbs here mon, but seriously, travell safely and hope to have you back on the blog with juicy data.

  10. **==**==**== LPM,was really open and brave on zim issues, nw RB-we dont know what he said over the inhuman lifestyle in zim,the man looks to be too inteligent and gets comfused easily..ati Diplomacy,what Diplomacy shikulu???

  11. Hee man wat agwani at dis aiwa? I’n’I have to say nay to dis babylonian,dey are just nyaming our monez,I’n’I nid a Jahman to chant and show dis babaylonian to lead mama africa peacefully.bratha man please let us do some ting to deal wit dis babylonians.jah love still yesaiiiii!

  12. 24.Jahman.Hee man wat agwani at dis aiwa? I’n’I have to say nay to dis babylonian,dey are just nyaming our monez,I’n’I nid a Jahman to chant and show dis babaylonian to lead mama africa peacefully.bratha man please let us do some ting to deal wit dis babylonians.jah love still yesaiiiii!
    <:-p<:-p<:-p<:-p

  13. Matworld……. Nuff ting s a gwan mon. Dem bomboclat bladclat ticks need I n I Rasta fe burn dem nyash. Dem making a mockery of Zion, burn the herb still make we chant dem down seen

  14. Ba LT, recently you sound more like ba Daily Mail, Times of Zambia, ZNBC nabashala ka. Nimwe tulechetekelamo. So please, twapapata. Don’t let us down.:-s

    On behalf of everyone in Diaspora, till we settle back home safely…..

  15. All you blogers condeming Mugabe have no data and are talking from point of sheer ignorance about international politics and America/Uk consipirancy to control the world without a single opposition. Look what happened to Iraq, Afganistan, Angola, Congo etc. the pbm in Zim are not as a result of Mugabe but UK and US quest for power. Look it is very simple Mugabe has said no to recolonisation. Therefore, they feel they have to punish him the say way they did KKin 1991 when he supported sadam and kept sadams family at state house. However, Mugabe is too sharp for them. I can asure no force, no country, no one will remove Mugabe from Power. Cholera!! eh! what do say about Madcow disease and….

  16. Contd.. Madcow disease in the UK it killed several. Look guys, Khama a british coloured is not African, his white mother is beating Ba Tswana who encroach on her farm. Look the boy is no more than Tony Blair, Bush and Brown, they are all the same. The boy Khama is not brave but just a sympathiser of whites because of his origin.

  17. # 28. Lelo ba Mattie muli ku JAMAICA? Mek we chat patwa brethren, me dig dis gaan to bed mon! we smuddy pickney too, zing! De system is a fruad and smuddy cot de game. Back a yard innna de ZEd pipo a suffer mon!

    Cool runnings.

    “GaZZie B and fambly”

  18. UMUGAZEBO and FAMILY long time bratha mon,wat agwani I’n’i and all brethern missed you.yeassi I’n’I am in Jamaica at dis long aiwa.Busy nyaminig the herbs with bretren we are in a circle called nayambingi radicle.

  19. Good morning bloggers. Congrats #1 Jah man, today is your lucky day. Back to the story, how many more meetings do they want to hold? Meanwhile people in Zim are dying like flies.

  20. #31. Tula Twabane. I agree with you 100%. We can not allow Britain, the US and other big powers to be sponsoring opposition political parties in the the third world for purposes of recolonising us. The only crime Bob committed in the eyes of the big powers was to embark on a land acquisition program aimed at empowering his landless blacks after years of servitude in their own homeland. We Africans deserve a place we can call home, and our land is our home. Bob is my hero,the rest are puppets who are championing the course of imperialism.

  21. Banda is going to go down the annals of history as having been the most inert president in the history of this country. And talking about Chiluba stealing by mistake, Banda is the president by mistake. God please, save this country from this stinking incompetence.

  22. no matter what war u will never win.midzimu ya Mbuya ne Handa,Sekuru Kaguvi,inewe mwana we vhu Bob Mugabe,Pamberi ne Chimurenga. **==**==

  23. #39, the problem is none of those things. The problem is thatUncle B has overstayed in Zimbabwe. Every country needs a good turn over of leaders.

    This was the problem in Zed over KK. If KK hah had the wisdom to retire early, UNIP would still be in office and the country would have built another 3 power stations in the last 17 years instead of Zero.
    No excuses pliz, uncle Bob has to leave for the sake of the country. If he doesn’t, he will be disgraced at the ICC.

  24. #40, I am shocked that you can make judgement about RB’s presidency in just one month.

    This kind of over zealousness is a very bad sign about our democratic future.

    The most important thing about democracy is to respect the choice of the people even if you think it is rubbish.

    Pliz allow RB to work. Butata ki bufi, ma Lozi?

  25. #44 (Jah Man) I n I liberate Zimbabwe. Soon we will fin out who is the real revolutionary.

    Brother yor right, yor right, yor right, so right!!!! (Robert Nesta Marley) [-(

  26. #43. Tell us why the US is not a signatory to the ICC? About presidents overstaying: president Omar Bongo of Gabon has been in power since 22 December 1967, Paul Biya of Cameroon since 6 November 1982, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda from 29 January 1986. Tell us also why there has been no media hype against these three examples? What is so unique and special about Zimbabwe?

    #42. When Bob Marley sang ‘Zimbabwe’, urging fellow africans to unite and liberate Southern Rhodesia, it was not just for skanking and entertainment. He meant full liberation in its entirety. Mwalaba Shani?

  27. African Renissance-the reason the other guys are not being bothered is because they not gangsters like mugabe, d’u feel me? mugabe can deny that there’s a cholera crisis in zimbabwe even when his wife was being treated for it, lol!!!u don know mugabe!after sharing a bed wit him for a night u’ll never wanna come near him again! :d:o;)

  28. Only Zimbabweans can remove Mugabe. It is almost impossible for outsiders to do it, other than thru military invasion. Zimbabweans should just bite the bullet. It will work, some people will die in the process but eventually Mugabe will be ousted, albert over dead bodies. That’s the only price he may be willing to pay.

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