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A South African-led initiative to pluck neighbouring Zimbabwe out of crisis this week looked in danger of collapsing as President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU PF party insisted it would not discuss a new constitution with the opposition, Sources told ZimOnline. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) last March tasked South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki to lead efforts to resolve Zimbabwe’s eight-year political and economic crisis by facilitating dialogue Between ZANU PF and the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)party.