Mugabe claims key ministries

No Nelson, the deal is not in jeopardy but Mugabe has just snuffed out the little life that was left in the deal. He just shown that MDC is not needed in this deal. Tsvagirai should just announce that the MDC is officially pulling out of the deal then we see how Mugabe will proceed. It just goes to show how arrogant this man is.

That's Bob alright but he is swimming with concrete boots. Whether he reaches his destination is everyone's guess.

What did anybody expect to happen other than what has now happened...

John Voster eventually convinced Ian Smith to accept majority rule with a few swift, non-negotiable ultimatums in 1979. This was despite advice and pressure exerted by Smith's then generals and other henchmen.

As what happened in 1979, it is now mugabe's generals and henchmen that are the stumbling block, and yes, THEY HAVE A LOT TO LOSE. Even their freedom. Murder, corruption, theft and torture is no joke, and can also not be entertained nor accepted in any form or for any reason.

The South African leadership have it in their grasp to exert the same non-negotiable pressure on mugabe that Voster did on Smith, and we can be assured, the results and change will be swift and for the better.

As long as mugabe's generals are entertained, there will be no change! mugabe, as old and spent as he is, is merely being used as a front to show some form of legal government (as illegal and unaccepted as it actually is), as a blatant military junta in control will clearly not be accepted and entertained in the region, and most certainly not by the rest of the world.

Mbeki has lost his leadership standing, but through the new South African Presidency, a non-negotiable ultimatum supporting the internationally accepted 29 March 2008 elections can be presented by him to mugabe and swiftly relieve Zimbabweans and the region of this silly, protracted joke which has been happening under the equally silly cloak of "quiet diplomacy".

So like Voster did in 1979, South Africa should again draw the line, put the foot down and stop this silly mediation which is not going to achieve anything except buy mugabe and his generals more time. It is time that someone showed leadership and took the bull by the horns and not only pointed it in the right direction, but also gave it a good dose of peri-peri and a kick up the backside to give it momentum through to it’s final conclusion.

MDC-T won the 2008 elections, and as ignorant as Tsvangirai seems to have been in hindsight by not crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s, in order to get Zimbabwe in a position to start healing, he was also noble enough (though ultimately naiffe) to have given mugabe and zanupf (now the opposition) concessions through the agreement which they quite frankly did not deserve in the first instance. If they are not gentlemen enough to honour an agreement (mugabe never has by the way) and patriotic and grateful enough to accept this and help re-build a new Zimbabwe, these concessions should be withdrawn without a further blink of an eye lid. Quite frankly, the opposition zanupf party are behaving like naughty children who do not like the food that has been put before them (ironically unlike the majority of Zimbabweans, most of them are already fat, shiny and bulging), and should have the food taken away and they should be given a good hiding.

Are you really going to claim that this was a surprise to you?

Or are you finally going to admit that the "deal" was a publicity stunt for Mbeki and Mugabe and finally ash the SA to stop protecting him at the UN Security Council?

This serves the MDC right for being so gullible when dealing with treacherous Zanu Pfu. To Tsvangirai there is your "We Have A Deal" when only a week before that you had rightfully declared, "No Deal is Better than a Bad Deal" Is it that those Mercs and Perks were so fundamental to you and the MDC MPs that you forgot the people who voted for you on 29 March??
If you still have any self-respect left there is only one thing to do :- PULL OUT NOW!!!

This is ludicrous though expected. It boggles my mind why the person with the mandate to lead allows himself to be tossed around by the dictator. Tsvangirai please we need plan B. Finance,Justice,Home Affairs,Mines,and Lands portfolios must be given to MDC.Anything less than this must be rejected

Bra Mugabe is da boss. Da boss gets to do what he wants. That's it finish and klaar!

Mugabe continues unabated to wipe his backside with Mbeki's reputation. He has shown Mbeki to be a gullible and partisan fool who never saw the wood for the trees. Either that or he was morally compromised and had no alternative than support that meglomaniac Mugabe. He did not negotiate a new or brighter future for Zimbabwe, just a palliative to his own reputation. There will be no future or hope for the ordinary people of Zimbabwe until a government is in place which is trusted at home and honoured internationally. No reinvestment or new investments nor business confidence therefore no employment prospects and no end to the incredible level of inflation

Its very unfortunate that Mugabe chooses to ignore the wishes of THE PEOPLE. Our wish as a nation is to rebuild the country that is now completely ruined by inept policies of Mugabe's regime. It is therefore not at all wise to continue with this ruinous set of leadership proposed by Mugabe. Foreign affairs and home affairs are critical government apparatus which have been in the hands of ZANU PF for the past 28 years and the poor state that Zimbabwe finds itself today clearly shows that ZANU PF has failed dismally. For progress's sake a repeat or recycling of same policies would be suicidal to Zimbabweans. As Zimbabweans we are now demanding the right to restore our dignity and the right to exist side by side with other nations in this global world. We now demanding social security for all and this can only be achieved if the new government of national unity is composed of people with a vision for the future not people who dwell on the past. Is it not true that now we are far poorer than what we were before our independence? The reason could be that ZANU PF was trying to correct the past wrongs with obviously stupid wrongs. Wrong plus wrong will never yield a correct state of affairs. Njere dzakanaka fani ndatenda ini Chirimhazu.

I love Africa so much, except the attitude that is exhibitated by others who think they alone understand what democracy is. We need to understand simple things at times, that before the word democracy was invented, what system existed in Africa before colonialism? For to be advocating for a new system to a people who had their own system is the problem. Well my Bible tells me very clearly that David in the Bible was a Black man. Therefore there seems to be a lie somewhere, that tries to tell us that they black man never had history and our history started only when the white man came. So my point here is that Zimbabweans need to be left alone for them to decide how their country should be ran. Democracy tells us that Obama should be the next US President, not because of colour but because he has the best economic policies than McCain. But we does the Americans say about it, might disagree with all of us. Just because we ourselves are the owners of our destinations, should the EU or Americans determine otherwise? Europe and Americans look out just for their interests and their interests conflict with ours. So we should continue on the path, for its our path which we are walking on therefore we know where we are going and have counted the cost of the entire trip.