South Africa's governing ANC leader Jacob Zuma has criticised the delay in publishing the results of presidential elections held in Zimbabwe 11 days ago. Mr Zuma said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) should have announced the results by now. Zimbabwe's MDC opposition is still hoping that legal action in the High Court will lead to an immediate release of the results. Mr Zuma says Zimbabwe has become an international issue. He says it does not augur well to keep Zimbabwe and the rest of the world in suspense over the election results. His comments are in stark contrast to those of his political rival in South Africa, President Thabo Mbeki. Last weekend, Mr Mbeki called the situation "manageable", and said it was time to wait. On Monday, Jacob Zuma met Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, when he visited Johannesburg for the day. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is clearly trying to persuade Zimbabwe's neighbours to take a more public stand, and demand to know the outcome of the presidential election. On Tuesday, the MDC said there had been a deafening silence in the region, and it called on African states to intervene to prevent bloodshed in Zimbabwe. After days of delay, the High Court in Harare has now begun considering the MDC's request for the immediate release of the election results. Source: BBC