Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) accredited ambassadors have congratulated President Emmerson Mnangagwa for holding peaceful, free, fair and credible elections in August.

Nine Ambassadors, led by Angolan ambassador to Zimbabwe Agostinho da Silva Tavares paid a courtesy call on Mnangagwa at the State House, on Wednesday.

The countries included Malawi, Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, Eswatini and Zimbabwe

“We are all here to congratulate the President for a very peaceful election, fair, free and transparent,” Tavares said after the meeting.

He added: “We came to reiterate our support to the people of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is not alone. We are one family at SADC and Zimbabwe is one of the members that fund SADC. It is part of the frontline SADC countries. We just came here to support the President of Zimbabwe and its people.”