Own Correspondent|Former South African President Thabo Mbeki met President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa separately in Harare yesterday.

Emerging from the meeting with President Mnangagwa, Mbeki said that opposition parties that lose elections must accept defeat after the elections.

In clear reference to Chamisa, Mbeki said losing candidates must appeal to the courts when they feel cheated and also accept the ruling of the courts.

“Well, normally, I would say we must all of us respect the view of the people. If people have queries, they must go to the courts because all the countries in the region have that provision that people can go and lodge their complaints about elections to the Judiciary. And once the courts have made a ruling, then we have got to accept that. So that’s generally the approach,” he said.