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BuaNews

Pretoria — Zimbabwe's top leaders are said to have acknowledged the need to work together to resolve disputes in that country's power-sharing government.

"They realise that they all need to help in moving forward to find a solution to Zimbabwe's issues," presidential spokesperson, Zizi Kodwa, told BuaNews on Saturday.

As the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mediator in Zimbabwe, President Jacob Zuma on Friday had a follow-up meeting with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

However, Kodwa said further details of the meeting would become available at a later stage when Zuma gave a comprehensive report at the next SADC troika.

Shortly before Zuma embarked on his one-day visit to Zimbabwe, the media was fraught with reports of tensions between that country's top two leaders.

Mugabe and Tsvangirai have remained deadlocked on certain parts of the global political agreement (GPA), which is aimed at solving Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis.

According to media reports from Zimbabwe, the contentious issues of the GPA have led to Tsvangirai not attending progress meetings held regularly with Mugabe since October.

Both leaders have in recent months called for new elections next year to end their increasingly hostile marriage of convenience.

But civic groups say an atmosphere of fear and intimidation prevails in the country, especially in rural areas, and fair elections cannot be held under these circumstances.