Does this news come as a shock to any observer of the situation in Zimbabwe?:
Just four months before scheduled elections, and with a breakthrough in talks brokered by President Thabo Mbeki in sight, Zimbabweans are watching in dismay as the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) disintegrates and Zanu-PF tweaks electoral regulations in its favour.
Zimbabweans and other observers continue to hope for the emergence of a “third way,” a new movement made up of elements from both the opposition Movement for Democratic Change and disgruntled members of Mugabe's once unbreakable Zanu-PF, for whom Mugabe's megalomania and authoritarianism want to break the old tyrant's stranglehold on the state.
