'You are in big trouble'

A respected local think tank warned the country's quarrelling opposition to get their act together now or risk being humiliated by Zanu-PF in the 2018 national elections, despite the ruling party's worsening tribal, factional and succession wars.

The Zimbabwe Democracy Institute also warned in its latest political economy review, that it did not bode well for the opposition that its coalition talks had so far not yielded any tangible results and that all talk among long suffering Zimbabweans was about Zanu-PFs ructions and President Robert Mugabe's old age and state of health.

Meanwhile, opposition MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has declared President Robert Mugabe will definitely face a united opposition in the 2018 general elections.

With calls for an opposition coalition growing, Tsvangirai last week embarked on a country-wide tour gathering the people's views ahead of crunch talks with former Vice-President Joice Mujuru's Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF), among other democratic forces.  

Tsvangirai's spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka yesterday said an alliance of opposition parties was inevitable.