Britain and the US are backing a secret South African plan to persuade Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe to form a government of national unity with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) which lost a controversial weekend presidential election. Mbeki yesterday sent his deputy Jacob Zuma on a confidential mission to persuade Mr Mugabe to embrace the MDC and make its leader Morgan Tsvangirai his Vice President. The Nigerian leader Olusegen Obasanjo is also sending a message to Mr Mugabe urging him to move quickly to form a government of national unity with "substantial representation" from the opposition.
If I had any money, I wouldn't put it on that plan working. Bob just won a nice victory against the oppo, and he's not going to dilute it by offering them even token power. Morgan's more likely to face "treason" charges or to have an "unfortunate accident." |