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Mkhari said he understood why the president did it, but he was disappointed at the decision.
One of the organisations who wrote to the president to remove himself from the annual Chairman's Conversation said the meeting reinforced the idea that dialogue between Given Mkhari and the president should not continue.
In July last year, Power FM boss Given Mkhari and his wife Ipeleng were both arrested after they individually laid criminal complaints of assault against each other over an alleged fight they had in their home.