Zimbabwean academic and commentator Professor Ibbo Mandaza delivered a public lecture titled;” State of democracy in the SADC region and a reflection on the national elections in Zimbabwe.”

He delivered the lecture at Wits University on the recent elections in Zimbabwe, yesterday.

The lecture had been suspended at the intervention of the ANC Secretary General but it is now going ahead.

Mandaza said SADC and AU should never turn a blind eye on the political crisis in Zimbabwe.