Roadmap will decide polls – Zuma

South African President Jacob Zuma is pressing for a clear election roadmap and agreed timelines for polls in Zimbabwe despite a court ruling compelling President Robert Mugabe to hold elections by end of next month.

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In a telephone interview yesterday, Lindiwe Zulu, international affairs adviser to Zuma, said Sadc would not allow Zimbabwe to slide back to the 2008 electoral violence.

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