Citizen of Zimbabwe: Conversations with Morgan TsvangiraiMorgan Tsvangiraiís appointment as Zimbabweís Prime Minister in 2009 followed many yearsí leadership of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trades Unions and the Movement for Democratic Change. How has that experience equipped him for high national office? Does he have the personal, intellectual and political qualities required to be President? In July 2004, as he was awaiting the verdict in his treason trial, Tsvangirai spent several days in conversation with Stephen Chan. Chan was concerned to find out if Tsvangirai was more than ëmerely a charismatic leader of the oppositioní; if he had ëhis own intellectual agenda [and] political philosophyí. His questions were even-handed and astute. ëDiscussion by discussion, Morgan Tsvangirai had become more open, more human ñ less cautious and, paradoxically, more obviously and naturally presidential.í Five years later, having reviewed the events since their discussions took place, Chan writes: ëI have not made a saint of him, not even an Atlas. I hope I have not criticized him too much or too unfairly. Probably no one could have done for Zimbabwe what he has.í Citizen of Zimbabwe is a rare and intimate portrait of political leadership in Africa. |
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... ZCTU was only able to be formed after independence had been gained . He was only 28 when independence came , 30 when the slaughters in Matabeleland began , and he became head of the ZCTU at about the same time as the ZANU ( PF ) ...
... ZCTU was only able to be formed after independence had been gained . He was only 28 when independence came , 30 when the slaughters in Matabeleland began , and he became head of the ZCTU at about the same time as the ZANU ( PF ) ...
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... and had no say in the negotiations or the process of transition. Because the ZCTU was subsequently created by the newly independent government, it was dominated by govern- 10 Citizen of Zimbabwe: Conversations with Morgan Tsvangirai.
... and had no say in the negotiations or the process of transition. Because the ZCTU was subsequently created by the newly independent government, it was dominated by govern- 10 Citizen of Zimbabwe: Conversations with Morgan Tsvangirai.
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... ZCTU was fraught. It involved a struggle not only with employ- ers and government, but government's adherence to an ... ZCTU Secretary-General – a rare, extended in-depth survey by a non-Zim- babwean, and possibly still the only such ...
... ZCTU was fraught. It involved a struggle not only with employ- ers and government, but government's adherence to an ... ZCTU Secretary-General – a rare, extended in-depth survey by a non-Zim- babwean, and possibly still the only such ...
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... ZCTU now affiliated them. It should be said that, even here, the ZCTU was a stabilising and moderating device – but it now had a huge swathe of urban workers in its fold and, more tellingly, the public sector workers represented a ...
... ZCTU now affiliated them. It should be said that, even here, the ZCTU was a stabilising and moderating device – but it now had a huge swathe of urban workers in its fold and, more tellingly, the public sector workers represented a ...
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... ZCTU was not behind these riots, it now knew that it had national muscle that it could flex. Drawing battlelines The December 1997 strike involved the entire country but, without a rural support base, the ZCTU was prone to the charge of ...
... ZCTU was not behind these riots, it now knew that it had national muscle that it could flex. Drawing battlelines The December 1997 strike involved the entire country but, without a rural support base, the ZCTU was prone to the charge of ...
Contents
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Inclusiveness Opposition | 21 |
The Battle for Ownership of the Mind | 31 |
Internationalism Reconciliation | 44 |
Perseverance | 52 |
Disease Conditionality | 62 |
Traditional Culture Modernity Democracy | 70 |
Healing the Future | 81 |
A Rueful Reflection | 89 |
The Twisting Turning Road Forwards | 96 |
Back Cover | 109 |
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