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Report to the troika summit of the SADC organ on politics, defence and security cooperation on the Zimbabwe negotiations
President Jacob Zuma
August 15, 2010

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Your Excellency, President Guebuza,

Members of the Troika of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation,

Thank you for the opportunity to present this report on progress on the. negotiations in Zimbabwe.

This follows the report submitted on the 15th of December 2009 to the Chairperson of the Organ, His Excellency President Armando Guebuza.

The Zimbabwean negotiators finalised their work early this year, and on the 6th of April 2010 submitted their report to the three Political Principals in Zimbabwe and to the Facilitator.

This report covers the negotiations process and the responses by the Political Principals,

The Facilitator's mandate was to assist the three main political parties in Zimbabwe to find a lasting solution to the political conflict in that country.

It was based on decisions taken by the SADC Extraordinary Summit in Pretoria on the 27th of January 2009 and by the Troika Summit in Maputo on the 5th of November 2009.

SADC DECISIONS:

The Extraordinary Summit, observing that "the people of Zimbabwe are faced with difficult challenges and suffering that can only be addressed once an Inclusive Government is in place", decided as follows:

1. The Parties shall endeavour to cause Parliament to pass the Constitutional Amendment 19 by 5 February 2009;
2. The Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Ministers shall be sworn in on 13 February 2009;
3. The Ministers and Deputy Ministers shall be sworn in on 13 February 2009, which will conclude the process of the formation of the Inclusive Government;
4. The Joint-Monitoring Implementation Committee (JOMIC), provided for in the Global Political Agreement shall be activated immediately.
The first meeting of JOMIC shall be convened by the Facilitator on 30 January 2009 and shall, among other things, elect the chairpersons;
5. The allocation of ministerial portfolios endorsed by the SADC Extraordinary Summit held on 9 November 2008 shall be reviewed six months after the inauguration of the Inclusive Government;
6. The appointments of the Reserve Bank Governor and the Attorney General
will be dealt with by the Inclusive Government after its formation; and
7. The negotiators of the parties shall meet immediately to consider the National Security Bill submitted by the MDC-T as well as the formula for the distribution of the Provincial Governors.

The Summit concluded its decisions on Zimbabwe as follows:

"SADC shall remain seized with the Zimbabwe situation in keeping with its obligations as guarantor of the Global Political Agreement."

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