The Movement for Democratic Change favoured a people-driven constitution that was not tied to any pre-existing documents while the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front preferred the Kariba draft which had been agreed by the three parties in 2007 but never adopted. The Kariba draft would have strengthened President Robert Mugabe and allowed him to die
No one seemed to know the number of teachers in Zimbabwe when the inclusive government was formed three years ago, and this could still be the situation today as the government insists there are 75 000 ghost workers. The permanent secretary for education said there were 94 000 teachers officially. Raymond Majongwe of the Progressive
Former Army commander Solomon Mujuru and his wife Vice-President Joice Mujuru supported a plan which would have seen President Robert Mugabe become ceremonial president, Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai become executive Prime Minister with Joice Mujuru as the only Vice-President. According to a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks, this emerged during the negotiations
Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Tendai Biti said party leader Morgan Tsvangirai was weak and was listening to the wrong people, some of whom were tired of the present situation and favoured what for him was an unacceptable compromise. He said this soon after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding paving the way for
The leader of the Progressive Teachers Union, Raymond Majongwe, told United States embassy officials that hundreds of Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front thugs that were involved in the coordinated attacks and intimidation of rural communities were now on the government payroll and were receiving the $100 government allowance that all civil servants were. He said