Harare  - Initial investigations into the crash which killed Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife suggest that the truck which collided with their car belonged to a US aid organisation, according to media reports in South Africa.

The driver of the truck has been arrested, according to the reports, whilst President Robert Mugabe has attempted to contact the US ambassador regarding the collision between the truck and the prime minister's Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

New York, Mar 7: Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was hurt and his wife, Susan, has been killed in a car crash about 45 miles south of Harare.

According to officials of Tsvangirai’s political party, the Movement for Democratic Change, the head on collision with a lorry was not a genuine accident. Rumours that the fatal incident was a botched assassination attempt spread quickly in the country, which has a history of political killings.

Harare - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, in his maiden speech to parliament, said Wednesday that the country must assure rule of law and respect for human rights in order to gain aid from the international community.

"No donor country or institution is going to offer any meaningful assistance unless our new government projects a positive image," Tsvangirai said in his first speech as the new prime minister.

Harare - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's attendance at the lavish 85th birthday party of his rival, President Robert Mugabe, was in doubt Saturday, after a party official ruled out his presence at the controversial bash.

"He (Tsvangirai) will not be attending today's celebration as far as I know," Tsvangirai's Communication and Information Minister Nelson Chamisa told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Harare - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai flies to South Africa Friday, officials confirmed, for talks with South African President Kgalema Motlanthe on a reported aid package and the continued detention of pro-democracy activists.

South Africa's daily Business Day said Tsvangirai would be travelling with his finance minister, Tendai Biti, to discuss with Motlanthe plans for US$1 billion in aid from the African Development Bank.

Comment was not immediately available from Tsvangirai's office or from his Movement for Democratic Change.