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| South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is in Harare, where he is reported to have met Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and members of an opposition faction. | South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is in Harare, where he is reported to have met Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and members of an opposition faction. |
| Mr Mbeki has been the chief regional negotiator on the Zimbabwe crisis, and has been trying to persuade Mr Mugabe to form a government of national unity. | Mr Mbeki has been the chief regional negotiator on the Zimbabwe crisis, and has been trying to persuade Mr Mugabe to form a government of national unity. |
| Mr Mugabe also met leaders of a dissident faction that split from the opposition MDC, news agencies said. | |
| Earlier, video emerged of vote rigging in last month's election. | Earlier, video emerged of vote rigging in last month's election. |
| In secretly filmed footage, a prison guard and fellow prison officers were shown being forced to vote for President Robert Mugabe in front of superior officers. | |
| The guard, Shepherd Yuda, filmed the vote-rigging for Guardian Films. He has now fled Zimbabwe. | |
| Political crisis | Political crisis |
| The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party pulled out of the presidential run-off vote, citing campaign violence. | The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party pulled out of the presidential run-off vote, citing campaign violence. |
| The party says 5,000 of its members are still missing. | The party says 5,000 of its members are still missing. |
| Mr Mugabe has said the opposition must accept him as leader before any talks can take place on ending the country's political crisis. | Mr Mugabe has said the opposition must accept him as leader before any talks can take place on ending the country's political crisis. |
| According to AFP, Mr Mbeki held a brief discussion with Mr Mugabe in Harare on Saturday. | |
| The pair were then joined by members of a dissident faction of the MDC. | |
| They included the faction's leader, Arthur Mutambara, its secretary-general, Welshman Ncube, and the latter's deputy, Priscilla Misihairibwi-Mushonga. | They included the faction's leader, Arthur Mutambara, its secretary-general, Welshman Ncube, and the latter's deputy, Priscilla Misihairibwi-Mushonga. |
| The Reuters news agency reported that MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai declined to meet Mr Mbeki. |