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Media reports from South Africa yesterday said President Zuma made the call after meeting President Banda in Pretoria.
President Banda chairs the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security, which also comprises President Zuma and Mozambique’s President Armando Guebuza.

President Zuma said the illegal sanctions were not aiding political healing in Zimbabwe.

“We call on the globe to lift sanctions. It will be helpful. They are inhibiting our progress.

“President Robert Mugabe wants a resolution to Zimbabwe’s problems, and all parties in Zimbabwe are looking forward to the elections,” he said.

President Banda said the Sadc Troika would meet to discuss Zimbabwe in January.
President Banda is on a two-day State visit to South Africa.

The sanctions have stalled the full implementation of the Global political agreement with Zanu-PF pointing out that nothing has been done by way of ending the sanctions as agreed by the three parties.
The European Union, the United States, Australia, Switzerland and New Zealand imposed the sanctions nearly a decade ago when Zimbabwe embarked on its revolutionary land reform programme.

The reforms have seen about 300 000 black families benefiting from land formerly held by just 6 000 white farmers.
Sadc, the Sadc Parliamentary Forum, the Pan African Parliament, Comesa, the African Union and the Non-Aligned Move-ment among other progressive countries and organisations have all condemned the sanctions.