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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... constitutional referendum – a war of unre- mitting attrition – had taken their toll. The MDC was demoralised. Its tactics of resistance, mass days of urban action, strikes and stayaways, had not led to the crumbling of ZANU(PF). In fact ...
... constitutional referendum – a war of unre- mitting attrition – had taken their toll. The MDC was demoralised. Its tactics of resistance, mass days of urban action, strikes and stayaways, had not led to the crumbling of ZANU(PF). In fact ...
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... there was everything to play for and that the government had no real sense of future strategy or of self-renewal.14 In early 1998 the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) was formed. 13 A Short History Drawing battlelines.
... there was everything to play for and that the government had no real sense of future strategy or of self-renewal.14 In early 1998 the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) was formed. 13 A Short History Drawing battlelines.
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... constitutional reform. When, in April 1999, the government responded by establishing a constitutional commission, the NCA declined to participate in its work, accusing the new commission of being too controlled by President Mugabe ...
... constitutional reform. When, in April 1999, the government responded by establishing a constitutional commission, the NCA declined to participate in its work, accusing the new commission of being too controlled by President Mugabe ...
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... constitutional commission's proposed reforms at the national referendum the government had called for 12-13 February ... Constitutional Assembly with amazing energy. The constitutional package put forward by ZANU(PF) would have given ...
... constitutional commission's proposed reforms at the national referendum the government had called for 12-13 February ... Constitutional Assembly with amazing energy. The constitutional package put forward by ZANU(PF) would have given ...
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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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