Statement
on Zimbabwe by the Most Reverend Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town
Thursday, July 03, 2008
9:59 AM
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of
He also urged
The full text of his statement follows:
Statement by the Most Reverend Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Tow
"The African Union's resolution calling for negotiations to settle
"Now space must be created to ensure that the negotiations are productive.
"Both parties have to be genuinely willing to address one another's fears
and aspirations. If the talks are to succeed, Zanu-PF
needs to recognise the legitimacy of the MDC. In
addition, the talks will go nowhere if Zimbabweans continue to live in terror
of being attacked and killed for not having red ink on their fingers.
"We acknowledge and give thanks for what the SADC mediation process has delivered
so far. However, it needs now to be expanded, and I urge SADC to establish
mechanisms on the ground in
"We pray for negotiations between partners fully committed to finding one
another and ending the desperate suffering of their people. A
lasting settlement would breathe hope and transformation into our common life
in
Issued by the Office of the Anglican Archbishop of
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