Johannesburg - South Africa's ruling African National Congress said yesterday it was sending a delegation to Zimbabwe for talks on land reform and next year's presidential elections.
Yesterday the manager of a white-owned farm in northern Zimbabwe suffered serious head injuries yesterday after a pro-government militant struck him with a machete, the Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) said.
In Luanda ministers of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community yesterday voiced fresh opposition to sanctions against Zimbabwe, insisting that violence had subsided and Harare was committed to free and fair elections in 2002. In Harare, President Mugabe said the US effort to impose sanctions on him and his top aides was "repugnant" and "provocative".