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The IFP commends President Jacob Zuma for the frank intervention in
Zimbabwe, and for impressing on the three political parties involved
in the SADC agreement on the Unity Government in Zimbabwe, the urgency
of a political settlement for which these Parties were responsible for
establishing.

It is not the fault of the leadership of MDC that the Western
Governments are reluctant at this juncture to assist in the recovery
of the ailing Zimbabwean economy and the lifting of sanctions against
ZANU-PF leadership as we are made to believe. The fact of the matter
is that, there were conditions which the unity government and in
particular the leadership of ZANU-PF must attempt to satisfy. It is
reported that the US President, Barrack Obama, was willing to help
Zimbabwe's long-suffering people but not by empowering "the forces of
oppression" (Cape Argus, 1 September 2009). It is obvious that the US
and other Western governments insist on good governance and respect
for human rights in Zimbabwe as one other condition.

It is in the interest of successful regional economic integration and
development that South Africa should continue to engage without pause
all the leadership in Zimbabwe to promote among other things the
imperative of involving the Zimbabwean civil society in the
constitution making process. An all inclusive political dispensation
is important to bring peace, stability, co-operation and development
in Zimbabwe.