Zimbabwe: Waiting to Exhale?
By Knox Chitiyo
26 Sep 2008
For weary Zimbabweans doing the rounds of trying to find food, water, shelter, petrol and cash, one question dominated conversation in August 2008: ‘Is there a deal yet?’ Invariably the answer came back: ‘No deal’. The power-sharing talks between ZANU-PF, the Tsvangirai MDC and the Mutambara MDC had stalled, with neither Robert Mugabe nor Morgan Tsvangirai willing to sign a deal which relegates either man to junior partner status. Mugabe had threatened to announce a new ZANU-PF cabinet. At the eleventh hour, a no-holds barred ‘hard talk’ session between South African President Thabo Mbeki and the disputants has led to an agreement which could pull Zimbabwe back from the abyss.
26 Sep 2008
For weary Zimbabweans doing the rounds of trying to find food, water, shelter, petrol and cash, one question dominated conversation in August 2008: ‘Is there a deal yet?’ Invariably the answer came back: ‘No deal’. The power-sharing talks between ZANU-PF, the Tsvangirai MDC and the Mutambara MDC had stalled, with neither Robert Mugabe nor Morgan Tsvangirai willing to sign a deal which relegates either man to junior partner status. Mugabe had threatened to announce a new ZANU-PF cabinet. At the eleventh hour, a no-holds barred ‘hard talk’ session between South African President Thabo Mbeki and the disputants has led to an agreement which could pull Zimbabwe back from the abyss.
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