BYLINE: Joe Lauria
and Peter Fabricius
PRETORIA: A government official here has questioned Britain's motives in twice putting Zimbabwe on the agenda of the UN Security Council while South Africa occupies the chair.
George Nene, deputy director-general for multilateral affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs, appeared to suggest yesterday that Britain was trying to embarrass South Africa because of its controversial policy of quiet diplomacy and its insistence that the situation in Zimbabwe was not a serious enough issue to warrant the UN Security Council's attention.
The Security Council was last night discussing the crisis in Zimbabwe …
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