South Africa’s International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor has said the South African government can only mediate in Zimbabwe if the Zimbabwean government asks for intervention SABC reports. Pandor had been asked by SABC’s Sherwin Bryce-Pease why South Africa was comfortable speaking up about the human rights situations in places like Western Sahara or Palestine but not Zimbabwe when she said it is up to Zimbabwe to ask for help.
Watch the video of her response about South Africa intervening in Zimbabwe below: