President Mnangagwa has been asked by Southern African People’s Solidarity Network (SAPSN) to call an extraordinary summit to resolve a new wave of xenophobic attacks that have hit South Africa. News Zimbabwe reported. ED urged to call the summit in his capacity as the chairperson of regional bloc Sadc’s Organ on Politics, Defence and Security.
In a statement the pressure group said:
Therefore, SAPSN calls upon: the SADC Chair on regional body’s Organ on Politics, Defence and Security, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa to call for an extraordinary meeting to execute the organ’s mandate on mediating in the affairs of member states that face instability.
All Sadc member states and AU to make their views known on this matter and convene as a matter of urgency to map the way forward on how to stop South Africans from disrupting unity that Africans need so desperately
Mnangagwa this week urged the South African Government to “use a bit of force” to quell Xenophobia which has since left a trail of disctraction and 5 bodies so far.
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