Responding to questions from London newspaper editors at the start of his three-day state visit to Britain, Zuma said he disagreed that more pressure in the form of sanctions was necessary to force a political settlement.
The SADC had suggested that if sanctions were lifted they could always be reimposed if insufficient progress was made, Zuma argued.
He confirmed he would raise this issue with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown tomorrow.
Zuma's call came a day after Zimbabwe's new local ownership law, requiring locals to own 51 percent of major foreign firms, took effect.
* Cape Argus
