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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... able to practise and make it better. He could no longer travel to see McKinnon even if he wanted to. And those coming in to see him would be easily monitored. One of the reasons for this present book is to see what sort of older and ...
... able to practise and make it better. He could no longer travel to see McKinnon even if he wanted to. And those coming in to see him would be easily monitored. One of the reasons for this present book is to see what sort of older and ...
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... 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 ) renegade , Edgar ...
... 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 ) renegade , Edgar ...
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... able to be marginalised.8 What Tsvangirai did with the trade union movement was, given its history and condition, nothing short of remarkable. He established considerable leadership credentials throughout the 1990s. The first high point ...
... able to be marginalised.8 What Tsvangirai did with the trade union movement was, given its history and condition, nothing short of remarkable. He established considerable leadership credentials throughout the 1990s. The first high point ...
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... able to co-operate. Tsvangirai has made no secret of his early and long- standing admiration of Mugabe. It was only at this point, coming into very recent history, that the wheel began to turn. In 1996, public sector workers, led by ...
... able to co-operate. Tsvangirai has made no secret of his early and long- standing admiration of Mugabe. It was only at this point, coming into very recent history, that the wheel began to turn. In 1996, public sector workers, led by ...
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... able to be used against them. Mobiles and their numbers were interchanged con- stantly among leading cadres. If the government did learn to eavesdrop it would never be certain who had which phone (the 16 Citizen of Zimbabwe ...
... able to be used against them. Mobiles and their numbers were interchanged con- stantly among leading cadres. If the government did learn to eavesdrop it would never be certain who had which phone (the 16 Citizen of Zimbabwe ...
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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