MDC:
End to political violence
Release of supporters
Resumption of aid
Permanent AU envoy
Swearing in of MPs

Zanu-PF:
Mugabe recognised as president

Sigh. If only that one thing under the Zanu-PF column wasn't such a killer. There is some background on the deal (before it looked as though the MDC would go for it) here.

Looks like Mbeki and Mugabe will be tearing up the town in a few days..

"Mugabe didn't leave before the resolution was adopted. He said there is an ongoing dialogue with MDC as we were speaking," Egypt's foreign ministry spokesperson Hossam Zaki said...

Of course there is another way to look at this whole thing. That the AU didn't fucking censure Mugabe...
From the story here:

The resolution on Zimbabwe said that the AU was concerned with the situation and would encourage Mr Mugabe to initiate dialogue with Mr Tsvangirai "for the creation of a government of national unity". It said: "The AU remains convinced that the people of Zimbabwe will be able to resolve their differences and work together once again as one nation."

Follow the adventures of Jake out west: http://www.abbeyroadtrip.com/

And watch as Josh chronicles the demise of Homer Elementary: http://homerelementary.blogspot.com/

Weekly trade journal Engineering News reported that construction of the facility has already begun in Maseru and the first bulbs are expected to be released to South African and other African markets in September.

The plant was expected to create between 400 and 500 direct jobs and additional work in South Africa associated with the transport, shipping, packaging and components production.

SA Tourism Numbers True Lie
Apparently refugees from Lesotho looking for work are not tourists as they have no money... Details here.

"This is very unfortunate," said Koblmiller. "Every day we read reports that nearly nine million tourists are coming to South Africa every year, when, in fact, the numbers of true tourists from Europe, Asia and the Americas are declining."

The nine member states, which had signed the protocol on the free movement of citizens were Botswana, the DRC, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

On a related note it would seem that PC Kenya has not evac-ed, see here, but according to various blogs (like this one) and a newspaper story that I can only see the summary of... It would seem that PC Kenya is picking people up out of problem areas and moving them to secure locations.
-Update- It would seem they are sending Kisumu area volunteers to Dar. Blog posting here.

And segueing PC politics into US politics. Chris Matthew said:

"You know I'll bet there's not a Peace Corps volunteer in the country who served in the Peace Corps in the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s or recently that won't vote for this guy. He is so emblematic of our attempt, I think, to rejoin the world."

Here is an interesting story on Zuma's two (current) wives. It would appear that he is in the process of paying lobola on what will be the third. He is divorced from Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and another wife Kate committed suicide in 2000.
The contents of Kate's suicide note were recently in the news as part of a "smear campaign" against Zuma, read the article here and draw your own conclusions.

In case you want some more overview of Zuma and the world that my be SA with him as president: Newsweek story here, Zuma's Ladies, who will be first lady?

"We're very worried that this leader had relations with a woman who regarded him as a parent and, although he is very likeable, we have to ask ourselves: 'What is happening in the ANC?'." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu.