Zimbabwe's leaders have agreed that measures need to be taken in order to save the fragile government and the parties are working towards an agreement, South African President Jacob Zuma said today.

The South African leader is mediating discussions between Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai aimed at resolving differences between the longtime foes. President Zuma's announcement came after two days of meetings in the Zimbabwean capital Harare.
 

Despite the agreement, President Mugabe's ZANU-PFs and Prime Minister Tsvangirai's MDC are still hurling accusations at one another. The MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) has accused Mr Mugabe of appointing ZANU-PFs loyalists to senior posts without consultation and persecuting MDC supporters. The prime minister's party is furious that President Mugabe has refused to drop treason charges against MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett. Mr Bennett is the MDC's nominee as deputy agriculture minister.
 

Mr Mugabe has accused Mr Tsvangirai of doing too little to persuade Western countries to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe.
 

Mr Mugabe has been in power since Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980; following disputed presidential and parliamentary elections in 2008, the longtime ZANU-PF leader was forced to agree to form a unity government with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.