{"id":11487,"date":"2012-06-14T23:21:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T21:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/interview-south-africa-says-lift-sanctions-on-zimbabwe\/"},"modified":"2012-06-14T23:21:30","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T21:21:30","slug":"interview-south-africa-says-lift-sanctions-on-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/interview-south-africa-says-lift-sanctions-on-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW-South Africa says lift sanctions on Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Sanctions seen as ineffective<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Zimbabwe&#8217;s future has high stakes for South Africa<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Peroshni Govender<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>JOHANNESBURG, June 14 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa wants Western<br \/>\nnations to lift economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and is<br \/>\npressing Harare&#8217;s power-sharing government to speed up reforms<br \/>\nneeded to bring about elections in the troubled country.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe has been plunged into poverty due to what analysts<br \/>\nhave said is economic mismanagement by entrenched President<br \/>\nRobert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party, hit with sanctions for<br \/>\nsuspected human rights abuses and vote rigging.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not just Zimbabwe that&#8217;s saying the sanctions are not<br \/>\nworking. The entire continent is saying that,&#8221; Lindiwe Zulu,<br \/>\nSouth African President Jacob Zuma&#8217;s top foreign policy advisor<br \/>\ntold Reuters on Thursday<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Analysts say the sanctions have been exploited by Mugabe<br \/>\nfor his political purposes, blaming them for his party&#8217;s<br \/>\neconomic blunders that have caused what once was one of Africa&#8217;s<br \/>\nrichest nations to now be among its poorest.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Zulu is part of a Southern African Development Community<br \/>\ninitiative led by Zuma aimed at ending the political turmoil in<br \/>\nZimbabwe and holding free and fair elections by next year.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mugabe, 88, has ruled the country since its independence<br \/>\nfrom Britain in 1980. He was forced into a power-sharing deal<br \/>\nwith rival and now Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of<br \/>\nthe Movement for Democratic Change, after a disputed 2008 poll<br \/>\nmarred by ZANU-PF violence and intimidation.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Sanctions seen as ineffective * Zimbabwe&#8217;s future has high stakes for South Africa By Peroshni Govender JOHANNESBURG, June 14 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa wants Western nations to lift economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and is pressing Harare&#8217;s power-sharing government to speed up reforms needed to bring about elections in the troubled country. 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