Zimbabwe Actueel

SADC has failed to break the deadlock over the Ministry of Home Affairs and recommended the formation of a unity government with a coministered Home Affairs Ministry forthwith.

The SADC troika has indicated that only the ministry of Home Affairs remains the bone of contention between the country's two major parties.

Zimbabweans continue to suffer immensely as political parties fail to agree on ministerial allocations.

The struggle over the allocation of ministries continues in Harare as the major political parties entered a third day of negotiations presided over by former South African President Thabo Mbeki.

Three weeks after agreeing on a power sharing deal, Zimbabwe's major political parties are still worlds apart in terms of agreeing on how the deal will function.

The Zimbabwe Government of National Unity agreement is under threat of collapse as the parties are not agreeing on how to share some important cabinet posts.

The Zimbabwean deal signed last week appeared to be in jeaorpady as parties failed to agree on the allocation of the 31 ministries agreed in the power sharing deal.

Zimbabwe's main political parties signed a historic pact to share power on Monday 15 September 2008.

Zimbabwe's rival political parties have finally agreed on a power sharind deal. President Thabo Mbeki, chief mediator, announced the deal breakthrough

Talks resumed and broke off without a deal. The African Union has called for equal sharing of power between the MDC and ZANU PF, but ZANU PF has dismissed any suggestions for a fifty fifty power sharing agreement.