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Mugabe Foe Meets South African Leaders

ANC chief may be leaning to Tsvangirai in power play

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 8, 2008 4:34 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai traveled to South Africa yesterday to shore up international support for his claim that he has defeated Robert Mugabe in the presidential election. No details were released about Tsvangirai's meeting with Jacob Zuma, the African National Congress leader and assumed next president, but the Mail and Guardian reports that Zuma is less inclined to prop up Mugabe than the current president, Thabo Mbeki.

In an op-ed for London's Guardian yesterday, Tsvangirai wrote that "major powers"—he named the US, Britain and South Africa—"must act to remove the white-knuckle grip of Mugabe's suicidal reign." Until now South Africa has tried to work with Mugabe, and last week Mbeki called Zimbabwe's post-election chaos "manageable."

Jacob Zuma, head of the African National Congress, met with Morgan Tsvangirai in South Africa yesterday.
Jacob Zuma, head of the African National Congress, met with Morgan Tsvangirai in South Africa yesterday.   (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
A man walks past an advertising billboard by pressure group Zimbabwe Democracy Now in Musina, South Africa, Monday April 7, 2008.
A man walks past an advertising billboard by pressure group Zimbabwe Democracy Now in Musina, South Africa, Monday April 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main opposition party in Zimbabwe addresses a press conference in Harare, Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main opposition party in Zimbabwe addresses a press conference in Harare, Tuesday, April 1, 2008.   (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
The South African Sunday Times newspaper with a portrait on the front page of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, is read outside the High Court, in Harare, Monday April 7, 2008.
The South African Sunday Times newspaper with a portrait on the front page of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, is read outside the High Court, in Harare, Monday April 7, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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