The MDC Alliance led by Morgan Tsvangirai and Joice Mujuru’s National People’s Party are reported to have travelled to South Africa for coalition talks. The parties have failed to agree in the past with Mujuru insisting that she will not join unless the coalition has a neutral name which does not favour the MDC. According to NewsDay, the talks have been disguised as a workshop.
MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora confirmed the meeting although he denied that it was about forming a coalition. Said Mwonzora,
Our understanding is that since we have formed our coalition in Zimbabwe, the purpose of the workshop is focusing on how to make meaningful coalitions and avoid the obvious problems associated with alliance building.
For us, it is an educational workshop, it is not to firm on anything, so we are not going to South Africa to form any coalition with anyone. We don’t have to go to South Africa to do that.
Mujuru is reported to be in South Africa already.
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