Durban: Nobel laureate and South Africa's well-known religious leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu today called for a change in the leadership in Zimbabwe.

"I wish they get a leader they want", said Tutu while speaking about the general elections slated to be held in Zimbabwe at the weekend.

Zimbabweans do not want to continue with the present government. No one in the world would want to live in a situation where inflation is beyond the means of living, he said.

Tutu, a social activist who shot to fame during anti-apartheid movement, said observer missions from South Africa and other countries in Zimbabwe face the challenge of presenting a credible election report to the world.

They should give a guarantee that the election would be free and fair, Tutu added.

Bishop Rubin Philip, head of the Anglican Church in KwaZulu-Natal, said Zimbabwe is in a mess and Mugabe cannot remain in power any longer.

He must make way for new leaders "with vision and foresight" who will be able to bring in rapid economic and social changes in the country, Philip added.

Philip, a person of Indian origin, is heading a group of religious and non-government organisations, one of the observer missions for the elections.
Source : PTI