South African President Jacob Zuma made little progress towards brokering a Libya
peace deal in talks with leader Moammar Gadhafi yesterday, as eight army officers
became the latest senior figures to break with the Libyan government. Lydia O’Kane
spoke to the Editor of the South African Catholic weekly, The Southern Cross, Gunter
Simmermacher. “Generally Mr Zuma is a reconciler and a persuader which are of course
very good attributes for a mediator.” Listen