Inhlanganiso ye SADC yethule umbiko wokuncoma uMongameli Thabo Mbeki lezinye iziphathamandla ezikuhulumende wakhe ngomsebenzi omuhle awenze kudaba lokumanyanisa amabandla ezombusazwe akweleZimbabwe. UMbeki ubengu mlamlulankuzi phakathi kwamacele omabili e MDC, lebandla elibusayo ele ZANU PF, kodwa inkulumo lezi ziphelele emoyeni ekuqaleni komnyaka kungakalotshelwana isivumelwano, abanengi abakubone njengokwehluleka kuka Mbeki ukuphutshisa lezinkulumo ngendlela esuthisa amacele onke. Umphathintambo obona ngezangaphandle kwelizwe kuhulumende we South Africa, uMnumzana Aziz Pahad uthi ilizwe lakhe seliqedile umlandu walo kudaba lweZimbabwe, njalo okusele kungalungiswanga kusalele ezandleni zabantu beZimbabwe ukuthi bazilungisele bodwa. U Brenda Moyo weStudio 7 ukhulume lengcwethi ecubungula ezombusazwe, uMnumzana Zenzo Nkomo othi amazwi ka Pahad la ngawokuvala inhloni.