Morgan Tsvangirai

Tsvangirai says he has given Mugabe an ultimatum on power-sharing

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Harare  - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Wednesday he had given President Robert Mugabe a deadline on the resolution of issues threatening to derail the country's unity government.

Tsvangirai was speaking ahead of a third meeting between the two leaders on Thursday over the unilateral claw-back by Mugabe of the telecommunications dossier from Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

Tragedy hits Zimbabwe's prime minister anew with death of grandson

Tragedy hits Zimbabwe's prime minister anew with death of grandson Harare - Tragedy has struck again at Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai with the death of an infant grandson, just days after Tsvangirai returned to work after grieving the recent death of his wife.

According to an official from Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change party, Tsvangirai's infant grandson died in a drowning accident Saturday at the family's Harare home. The property has a swimming pool.

Tsvangirai warns invaders of white farms will be arrested

Tsvangirai warns invaders of white farms will be arrested Harare - New Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Friday gave beleaguered white farmers some reassurance when he said that people invading their properties with fraudulent documents would be arrested.

His remarks come amid a worsening crisis on the estimated 400 white-owned farms left in the country, where President Robert Mugabe's supporters are forcing their way onto the land, evicting families, seizing their crops and assaulting farm workers.

Zimbabwe union official arrested over Tsvangirai crash photos

Zimbabwe union official arrested over Tsvangirai crash photos Harare - Police in Zimbabwe have arrested Deon Theron, the vice-president of Zimbabwe's predominantly-white Commercial Farmers Union, for taking photographs of the crash scene in which Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife died on March 6, union officials said Wednesday.

Theron spent Tuesday night in cells at Harare central police station after being questioned for most of the day over his presence at the accident shortly after it happened, said CFU director Hendrik Olivier.

ROUNDUP: Strong support from Africa as Tsvangirai buries his wife

Strong support from Africa as Tsvangirai buries his wifeHarare  - Ministers from several African governments and thousands of Zimbabweans joined Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai at the burial of his wife Susan in her home district of Buhera on Wednesday, five days after her death in a car crash.

At least 5,000 people looked on as Tsvangirai's wife of 31 years was laid to rest next to the couple's modest rural home in the little village of Humanikwa, south-west of Harare.

Strong support from Africa as Tsvangirai buries his wife

Strong support from Africa as Tsvangirai buries his wife Harare  - Ministers from several African governments and thousands of Zimbabweans joined Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai at the burial of his wife Susan in her home district of Buhera on Wednesday, five days after her death in a car crash.

At least 5,000 people looked on as Tsvangirai's wife of 31 years was laid to rest next to the couple's modest rural home in the little village of Humanikwa, south-west of Harare.

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