MoU Has History-Making Impact On Political Parties

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Takura Zhangazha THE memorandum of understanding signed by Zanu PF, MDC Tsvangirai and MDC Mutambara in Harare this week has been hailed in some quarters as historic, and its "historicity" is tellingly in two parts. The first being that it is a reflection of historical traits since our national Independence in 1980, where we have witnessed two processes that led to power sharing between belligerent political entities. These two would be the Lancaster House Conference of 1979 in tandem with a unity government of the first two years of Independence and the Zanu PF/PF Zapu Unity Accord of 1987. They were not identical in terms of content, or all of the issues raised, but as indicators of Zimbabwean political culture, they are the forebears of what we witnessed this week on July 21. They indicate a... [read full story]