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Worsening economic difficulties, the arrest of government critics and a crackdown on planned protests have triggered a storm of criticism at home and abroad, but Zanu-PF insisted there was no crisis to discuss.
FILE: ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule. Image: @ MYANC / Twitter
HARARE – A high-level delegation from the African National Congress (ANC) led by its Secretary General Ace Magashule is in Zimbabwe on Wednesday to speak with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling party.
Worsening economic difficulties, the arrest of government critics and a crackdown on planned protests have triggered a storm of criticism at home and abroad, but Zanu-PF insisted there was no crisis to discuss.
The six-member ANC delegation included the president of the ANC’s international relations committee, Lindiwe Zulu, who is also Minister of Social Development.
Magashule and Zulu had publicly expressed concern about the recent events in Zimbabwe.
No schedule on Wednesday’s meeting has been released, but there was outrage in August when two envoys sent to Harare by President Cyril Ramaphosa failed to meet with the opposition.
Zanu-PF spokesman Patrick Chinamasa insisted that the meeting was only between his party officials and the ANC.
He said claims that the nation was in crisis were false.
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