Zimbabwe’s opposition leaders rally against Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe’s opposition leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and ex-deputy president Joice Mujuru on Saturday led a mass rally in Gweru, against embattled President Robert Mugabe’s failure to deal with the country’s worsening economic crisis.


Thousands of supporters were gathered at a stadium to hear the leaders denounce Mugabe’s hold on power, calling for unity among opposition parties.

“The reason we are here is because we need a collective consensus of all Zimbabweans to make sure that Mugabe listens to the voice of the people,” Tsvangirai said in Gweru.

“I don’t hate Mugabe but I disagree with him that he gets to 92 and does not want to leave the throne,” he told the crowd, gathered in a stadium.

According to reports by AFP,  thousands of Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters and Mujuru’s newly formed Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) attended the rally.