Mugabe loyalists storm out of House

“But more importantly they need to find a way of living with what they disagree on and continue to talk about those things.”

There were also reports that Southern African Development Community

(SADC) leaders will on October 29 hold talks with Zimbabwe’s estranged leaders in an effort to break the deadlock.

SADC and the African Union are the guarantors of the political settlement that sought to end Zimbabwe’s decade old political and economic problems.

Members of the SADC troika on politics, defence and security – South Africa, Angola and Mozambique - were mandated to deal with the Zimbabwe crisis.

Mr Tsvangirai who is on a regional tour to appraise the leaders of the latest developments has already been to Mozambique and South Africa.

On Wednesday, he met President Jacob Zuma whose office issued a statement that the South African leader had “expressed concern at the situation in Zimbabwe.”

Mr Zuma who is regarded as an important asset in resolving conflict in the region said “Zimbabwe should not be allowed to slide back into instability.”