Mugabe and his inner circle are under sanctions which include a travel ban from the United States, the 15-nation European Community, Switzerland and New Zealand over charges that they are responsible for promoting lawlessness in Zimbabwe.
Mugabe is also accused of stealing a landmark election in March, which was marred by violence and charges of vote-stuffing. He denies the charge and accuses the West of "demonising" him because he is seizing farms owned by whites to give to blacks.
"Mugabe has no choice but to accept the dictates of NEPAD, otherwise he will be left alone in the cold and he cannot possibly survive," Sithole said, pointing to Zimbabwe’s deteriorating economic crisis that is threatening the entire industry with total collapse.
He added: "His friends Mbeki and Obasanjo would be forced to de-campaign him in southern Africa, the rest of Africa and in the international community were he to refuse to accept the governance tenets of this crucial Marshall-style plan."
But Mbeki’s spokesman Bheki Khumalo refused to be drawn to comment explicitly on Zimbabwe’s crisis, which is increasingly sucking in South Africa to act in one way or the other because of the large influx of refugees who could move there if it worsened.
Mugabe is also accused of stealing a landmark election in March, which was marred by violence and charges of vote-stuffing. He denies the charge and accuses the West of "demonising" him because he is seizing farms owned by whites to give to blacks.
"Mugabe has no choice but to accept the dictates of NEPAD, otherwise he will be left alone in the cold and he cannot possibly survive," Sithole said, pointing to Zimbabwe’s deteriorating economic crisis that is threatening the entire industry with total collapse.
He added: "His friends Mbeki and Obasanjo would be forced to de-campaign him in southern Africa, the rest of Africa and in the international community were he to refuse to accept the governance tenets of this crucial Marshall-style plan."
But Mbeki’s spokesman Bheki Khumalo refused to be drawn to comment explicitly on Zimbabwe’s crisis, which is increasingly sucking in South Africa to act in one way or the other because of the large influx of refugees who could move there if it worsened.