Tsvangirai Adopts Mugabe's Ruthless Tactics
Harare, Zimbabwe, 22 August 2009 Well, it was always self-evident to the objective observer. Now, the government of Morgan Tsvangirai has come out in the open about their admiration of ZANU PF tactics. I am talking about the firing of doctors who were on strike, demanding better working conditions and salaries. Here, there is no excuse. This issue has nothing to do with "hardliners" or being forced to do anything by SADC or Thabo Mbeki. This is deliberate policy decision taken by Morgan Tsvangirai's government. The MDC-Tsvangirai controls the ministry of health. That's the first thing. Second, the Prime Minister never tires of telling us that he is in charge of policy formulation and implementation. So now we know what sort of policies he is formulating and implementing. These are policies that refuse to engage the legitimate demands of the doctors who are labouring under slave conditions, putting their lives at risk working in unsafe hospital conditions and for a pit...