Zimbabwe Referendum - Mugabe and Tsvangirai Cosy Up
The referendum on the Zimbabwe Constitution, slated for the end of this week has given birth to the spectacle of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai campaigning on the same platform as President Robert Mugabe. Both men are urging their supporters to vote yes, even as Tsvangirai now screams blue murder and insists that the elections that will follow in July will not be free and fair. There is intimidation, apparently, and even killings and deaths. So why the embrace, seems to be the question most posted to me on this page in my absence. Simple: Tsvangirai has the constitution that he wants, even though he would like more power in the hands of the president. Mugabe simply does not care. He is sick and tired of what he calls "this multi-headed monster" - the Unity Government. He is impatient for the elections to come, sure he will wallop the MDC. He made this clear in an address to chiefs recently. The Constitution is flawed, he said. but ZANU (PF) supporters must v...