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Mbeki urges caution

    JOHANNESBURG

    Meanwhile, Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Mandela as president, urged Mugabe in talks on Friday to bring an end to the violence. Mbeki who met Mugabe at the opening of a trade fair in Zimbabwe’s second city, Bulawayo, has been criticised in South Africa for what has been perceived as a softer approach.

    After the talks with Mugabe, Mbeki said both countries had experienced “extensive land dispossessions” and faced similar challenges.

    In remarks carried on television, he said: “We are convinced that it would be best that this important matter is dealt with in a cooperative and non-confrontational manner among all the people of this sister-country.”

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