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Zapu-MDC-T coalition talks still on
29 Jul 2013 at 00:57hrs | Views
MDC-T treasurer-general Roy Bennett has disclosed that his party was still negotiating with Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa to form a grand coalition to unseat Zanu-PF in this week's polls.
In an exclusive interview with NewsDay last Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa, Bennett said Zapu secretary-general Ralph Mguni and MDC-T's Elton Mangoma were spearheading the talks.
The coalition talks are reportedly taking place nearly three weeks after Zapu and the Welshman Ncube-led MDC forged their own southern region pact, while the MDC-T sealed a similar agreement with Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn and Zanu Ndonga in what has been dubbed the grand coalition of the northern region.
Mangoma confirmed the development in a telephone interview.
Mguni said Dabengwa had been briefed about his scheduled meeting with Biti, describing reports of a Zapu split as fictitious.
In an exclusive interview with NewsDay last Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa, Bennett said Zapu secretary-general Ralph Mguni and MDC-T's Elton Mangoma were spearheading the talks.
The coalition talks are reportedly taking place nearly three weeks after Zapu and the Welshman Ncube-led MDC forged their own southern region pact, while the MDC-T sealed a similar agreement with Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn and Zanu Ndonga in what has been dubbed the grand coalition of the northern region.
Mangoma confirmed the development in a telephone interview.
Mguni said Dabengwa had been briefed about his scheduled meeting with Biti, describing reports of a Zapu split as fictitious.
Source - newsday
