South Africa's former President Thabo Mbeki has repeated his accusation that the UK and US "were very keen" on regime change in Zimbabwe in the run-up to the 2002 election.
Mr Mbeki has been talking about his policy towards Zimbabwe in his latest Facebook post where he has been reviewing his time in power. He says that his Minister of Intelligence, Lindiwe Sisulu, made a number of trips to London and Washington "with strict instructions from our government to resist all plans to impose anything on the people of Zimbabwe, including by military means".
Mr Mbeki defends his use of "quiet diplomacy" as a way of sorting out the issues in the country, and says that in 2008 it led to the formation of a unity government - which meant that the will of the people was being recognised.
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