Zimbabwe: South African churches urge political parties to talk

The SA Council of Churches (SACC) has urged Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to join a forum for dialogue, a senior SACC official told IRIN on Wednesday. "The forum, which will be quite similar to the South African CODESA [Convention for a Democratic South Africa] talks, has been proposed by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), which has asked us for our support," SACC secretary-general Molefe Tsele said.