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Serious disagreements emerged within the government of President Mnangagwa immediately after the election observer missions' interim statements in Harare this week. Vice President Chiwenga reads the observer mission statements, especially the European and other Western powers utterances, as indication that there is not going to be any difference in the approach of the West to the newly elected government of Emmerson Mnangagwa. President Mnangagwa, on the other hand, is of the view that whatever criticisms are leveled at the country, its institutions and this election must be accepted as good faith criticism that should be incorporated into reforming key areas of the country that can make Zimbabwe a strong democracy. "Your strategy has failed," VP Chiwenga, we are reliably told, said to President Mnangagwa on Thursday this week. "It has failed. We open up more, allowing anyone to do what they want, Zimbabweans will think this is a sign of weakness on the p...

" I can't believe they are letting me leave...." Tsvangirai at Harare International Airport earlier on Saturday as he arrived to leave for a month-long tour of Europe and United States. The Solution started sabotaging him even before he left, with a front page splash in the Herald today claiming that it was Robert "The Solution" Mugabe who had sent him to Europe to get sanctions lifted and bring back bags of money. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai left Harare this morning to go and beg for aid from the European Union and the United States. The Prime Minister started begging even before he left the country, extremely reliable sources have revealed. Mugabe apparently refused to authorise funding for the trip, citing the very plausible reason that there is no money for the delegation. (Yet money is found if it is The Solution that has to attend some nonsensical summit in Doha or Asia or Africa). So Tsvangirai, even before he flew off, had to request each of the cou...