Zimbabwe’s leaders urged toshow ‘maturity’

SOUTH AFRICAN president Kgalema Motlanthe urged Zimbabwe’s political leaders to show “maturity” as they entered crunch talks yesterday aimed at saving their troubled power-sharing deal.

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed a unity accord on September 15, but disputes over which party will control the most powerful ministries threatens to sink the deal.

The emergency summit of the Southern African Development Community is seen as a make-or-break effort to salvage the accord and end the turmoil that erupted after Tsvangirai defeated Mugabe in presidential elections in March.