Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba says Zambia is confident the resolutions passed at an emergency meeting in Botswana of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ Troika Plus Council Chairperson will aid in diffusing the political impasse in Zimbabwe.
Mr. Kalaba said observations made by SADC over the unfolding political atmosphere in Zimbabwe were realistic and in the best interests of the stability of the country and the wider region.
He explained that SADC had taken a much more proactive approach in order to pacify the situation between the different interest groups involved in the political stalemate in Harare.
“We have come up with the resolutions as Troika Plus Chair of SADC, that is South Africa. The observations we have made are realistic and they are all aimed at ensuring the issues that are before us in Zimbabwe are swiftly resolved. And so, we are just trying to be proactive other than being reactive as an organisation.”
And the Foreign Affairs Minister has called upon Zimbabweans to remain calm and united. He said Zambia would not be happy to see its southern neighbour thrown into division.
Mr. Kalaba said the two nations had continued to enjoy strong bilateral ties and any political upheaval in the country would have a strong and direct impact on Zambia.
“We are only as strong as we are united and as weak as we are divided. Zambia will not be happy to see a divided Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has been a very good neighbour to us. We have been trading with Zimbabwe and our people go back and forth in our two countries. So, the destabilization or any mayhem in Zimbabwe will have a direct impact on Zambia” he noted
The people want change you leaders don’t. Let there be change please!
Robert Mugabe is way ahead of his game.
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Change does not come through extra-constitutional acts but grass-root political machination of mobilizing the masses on issues that resonate them. We are seeing a tuft of factional politics with a partisans military openly fending for its interest and legacy. The military and all veterans are after retaining power within Zanu-PF period. They are not maneuvering for none entities in the fragmented opposition. No doubt China has sadly taken sides and is the spark-plug maneuvering for better influence to plunder Zimbabwe vast resources unabated. All our China dependent nations have reasons to activate their covert systems slight jacket schemes of influence. Again, thinking that success of a coup could help the opposition is a fallacy of falsification. Take it from here, this is a…
Support Zimbabwe for a progressive Africa. SADC is full of fat, greedy A-holes!
Like all of you I trust Lungu and his subordinate to ensure the Army disappear with the tails between their legs.
Mugabe is the democratically elected president.
He stays.
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BB2014,2016
I like Mugabe, so STRONG.
And Zimbabwe is more than Democratic.
In Zambia even a traffic offense is treason …..
Don’t even think of Balotseland’s Lyinyagandobo.
I’m still waiting for Lungu to warn our army over emulating ZDF the way he did with the judges over Kenyan judiciary.
SADC has been a useless and visionless organization so “confidence” is a misapplied here.Its a bad day to leave uncle Bob still in charge.
Mugabe is a gone and these efforts to keep him in power will fall flat
A group OF CRIMINALS EQUIVALENT to Grace and the criminals surrounding MUGABE are now Expresses Confidence in SADC Resolutions on Zimbabwe. These guys robbed money from Zambia with the pretext that they were buying fire tenders. IN ZAMBIA we do not have criminal surrounding Jonathan, Jonathan and the people around him are actually all criminals and the net will close in on them.
There’s no impasse in Zim. Those stupid soldiers should be arrested and convicted for treason. They are not disciplined. How can you treat a Head of State like that? You sorround him with guns. They are cowards.
The only coward here is the illegally voted in Mugabe.
A democracy doesn’t change just for the benefit of its ruler.
Voter intimidation and choosing who gets food according to political affiliation is not democratic.
And it’s such a shame Zambians are claiming he’s a democratic president.. you guys must think Kim Jong is also democratic then.
37 years.. 37 YEARS how is that democracy for you?
It’s clear what supporters in Zambia want.
Keep dreaming.
What we are seeing in Zimbabwe is classic factional politics of partisans realigning for succession. The ideologues in the uniforms are fighting to retain power within Zanu-PF and not for none entities to Zanu-PF legacy of liberation wars. Thinking that successful coup or not would help the opposition is wishful thinking at worst. This is a Zanu-PF tuft.
Where was this same SADC when millions of Zimbabweans were fleeing Mugabe’s tyrannical rule enmass to South Africa and Europe, some being burned alive in SA ??? Some dying of starvation and hunger in the bush trails crossing into S.A.?
Ofcouse SADC was busy protecting Mugabe and the other dictators….
This game is now in injury time, trusting there will be no penalty shoot-out.
It would be fallacy and phone to get rid a democratic elected president in Mugabe.
I trust all of you are condemning the amending with every profanity word you can think of.
I hold a PhD
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BB2014,2016
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Mushota
You are making less and less sense again.
A PHD holder should know how to spell phoney.
37 years as ruler is not democratic. You cannot change the constitution for your own benefit. That’s not what it’s for.
You also can’t win an election using illegal tactics then claim the army is being unconstitutional, the only person who’s unconstitutional is Mugabe.
I think it’s wrong for SADC to use the term PROACTIVE. They are just a reactive bunch.
It’s game over for Mugabe like it or not. Some people are even talking about following the constitution. Which constitution? Mugabe has never respected the constitution whenever it suited him. He’s murdered a lot of people in Zimbabwe. Even Mnangagwa survived poisoning. Am not saying Mnangagwa is innocent for he was defence ministers when the 5th brigade massacred thousands in Matebele land. Stop talking about the imaginary imperialism. Is it the imperialists who instructed Mugabe to brutilise his own people, stealing money and elections?Was he instructed by them to steal a wicked woman called Grace from another man? Come on we can do better as Africans than this archaic imperialism crap.
Most people here will swallow their pride next week.Mugabe has been depending on army to bolster his grip on power for 37 years.There is nothing about his democratic election.That army has now withdrawn its support after Mugabe ditched democratic principles to favour his wife to take over the Presidency.Zimbabwe soldiers are gallant guerillas who waged a war against Ian Smith.To be asked to salute Mugabe’s mistress is an insult that the whole country has rejected.Political power is not sexually transmitted.Change is coming to Zimbabwe.Watch the news on Saturday.
Kikikikiki, enjury time nr what is to prediction.
Mushota the biatch holds a Phd yet she can’t write simple grammar .She’s a phoney ,pretentious little brat from Misisi slums.
To the developed world Mugabe is an incompetent tyrant blamed for destroying what is potentially the richest country in southern Africa to some Africans he is a hero for evicting white framers and the silly quotes he gives………to me I only judge him from the level he has reduced a once proud people , the zimbabweans, to be beggars, prostetutes and scavengers in other countries……..
Well said spaka can you get access the book The Presidents keepers it about zuma but can be applied to zimbabwe and Zambia as well….it is online as a pdf.
Read news from nehandaradio site and stop cheating yourselves.