The heads of state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) nations are meeting this week in Lusaka, Zambia. High on the agenda will be the crisis in Zimbabwe, though observers do not expect much on that front. It will be most interesting to see what, if anything, Thabo Mbeki, whom SADC charged with helping mediate the crisis in Zimbabwe, will have to say. I hope to be pleasantly surprised, but I would advise not to expect much traction to come from this week's meetings.
