Zimbabwe’s power-sharing should be just the start of change
Sep 17th, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: OpinionDavid Blair: Can any good come of co-operating with Robert Mugabe? The contrasting performances of the old autocrat and his new Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, during Monday’s signing ceremony in Zimbabwe showed the immense risks attached to their power-sharing agreement.
Mugabe, bitter and vengeful as ever, delivered the same rambling speech he has inflicted on audiences for the past 10 years. Meanwhile, Tsvangirai was magnanimous, optimistic and even noble in his willingness to let bygones be bygones.