The Zimbabwe Standard has published details of an interview with Morgan Tsvangirai in which he gives some really interesting information about the recent talks in Zimbabwe.

I will not go through all of the points, most of which confirm the rumours that circulated during and immediately after the breakdown of the talks. However, Tsvangirai says that he agreed to Mugabe remaining as Commander-in-Chief and also as the head of the Joint Operations Command, the main security agency, but that Mugabe insisted on remaining as chair of the cabinet. Tsvangirai is then quoted as saying: “Mugabe wanted to me to be responsible for solving the problems he created, yet he didn’t want me to have the full authority to carry out that task. The other problem was how could I be asked to sort out the mess (economic problems) when the person (Mugabe) who created it in the first place was in charge of the Cabinet”.

Recall that on 25 August, the MDC managed to have its representative elected as the leader of parliament. Also, the opposition parties have refused to join a government that President Mugabe is promising/threatening to form. As yet, there is no date for the resumption of talks.