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(TALKZIMBABWE) Zuma meets Gono, Tomana and Bennett

Zuma meets Gono, Tomana and Bennett
By: nancy Pasipanodya
Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:54 pm

SOUTH African president Jacob Zuma, who is cuurently on a three day state visit to Zimbabwe met with the individuals who are at the centre of the dispute between Zanu-PF and the MDC-T party, in order to get first hand information.

President Zuma on Wednesday met separately with President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy PM Arthur Mutambara at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in the capital, Harare.

The leaders were upbeat about the talks and all reported that significant progress had been made.

Mr Zuma also met with Reserve Bank Governor Dr Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana. Pretoria is keen to see the issues around the appointment of Gono and Tomana resolved.

Bennett's issue is a matter for the courts in Zimbabwe, however, President Zuma met with the MDC-T financier and Tsvangirai ally to hear his side of the story, as required by Sadc.

Bennett is the treasurer of Tsvangirai's MDC-T party, who is on trial for treason over a plot against President Mugabe.

Zuma's spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya said: "The idea behind those meetings, is that President Zuma's intention was to meet a wide range of key role-players to create common understanding on how to take matters forward."

Details of the meetings were not disclosed to the media.

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