By Celia W. Dugger, New York Times, April 1/2, 2011

JOHANNESBURG — Zimbabwe's neighbors, long accused of being soft on its autocratic president, Robert Mugabe, are putting an unusual amount of public pressure on him to halt the political violence, intimidation and arrests that have surged since his party began agitating for elections in recent months.

After meeting on Zimbabwe’s deteriorating political climate, the presidents of South Africa, Zambia and Mozambique issued a statement late Thursday night expressing “grave concern” about the country’s increasingly polarized environment, one that human rights groups have attributed to Mr. Mugabe’s party, ZANU-PF.....

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Zimbabwe remains silent on freezing Gaddafi's assets
by Bhebhe Mandla, Bulawayo 24, April 3, 2011

In accordance with the UN Security Council resolution on freezing all Gaddafi's assets Zimbabwe has remained silent while South Africa taken action and Zambia has sought clarification on whether the resolution would have any effect on massive investments undertaken by the embattled Libyan leader's regime in the southern African country.
 
One of Gaddafi's sons, Saadi, was in Zimbabwe in August 2010 to seek business opportunities and made sizeable investment proposals...