MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai had insisted that his party would reject partial reforms but last week Secretary General Welshman Ncube welcomed the proposals provided that the all-powerful electoral commission is appointed through consultation with civil society and the political parties...
The government's main foe is the shrinking economy an everyday reminder of mismanagement and corruption which makes most Zimbabweans long for political change even those who could never vote for Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC damned by British Prime Minister Tony Blair's claim to be working closely with it...
The ruling party cannot portray the MDC as separatist representing only the south-western Ndebele people since its leader Morgan Tsvangirai is Shona-Karanga from Masvingo (but most of his senior colleagues are Ndebele)...
Nkomo led last year's half-talks with Morgan Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change but Mnangagwa has powerful backers in the security services and business (including wealthy white Zimbabweans who fear a post-Mugabe implosion)...
It was Mugabe's failure before the summit to offer Obasanjo any concession – such as serious high-level talks with the opposition or the dropping of treason charges against MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai – that made Zimbabwe's continued suspension almost inevitable...
They were looking for reasons to lift sanctions but Mugabe's tactics pressing treason charges against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai closing down the independent Daily News and crushing protest demonstrations don't help them...
Bush's quick tour of Southern Africa may have strengthened fellow President Robert Mugabe and it has certainly weakened Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change...
' South Africa's Foreign Minister Nkosazana Zuma told fellow diplomats after learning that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had been detained after a week of strikes against President Robert Mugabe's government...
That Morgan Tsvangirai leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change should advise Zimbabweans to prepare for an extended general strike in the first week of June shows the opposition's new confidence...
That is why Mugabe has conditionally offered talks to the opposition led by Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change...
Morgan Tsvangirai would very likely win a presidential poll were it to be free and fair and held now...
The government-owned Sunday Mail urged the arrest of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai for 'violating his bail conditions' in the continuing treason trial...
