MDC-T ambush shames Mugabe

MDC-T supporters yesterday besieged the venue of the on-going Southern African Development Community summit in Harare, demanding President Robert Mugabe's resignation.

The protests- which took the usually alert police by surprise- were staged as regional leaders arrived for the summit to address industrialisation and economic transformation.

Mugabe, the host, was accused by the opposition MDC-T supporters of running down the economy and violating human rights.

Police were called in to disperse the protestors who were chanting their party slogans while denouncing the 91-year old leader for presiding over the collapse of the economy.

Meanwhile, MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu said party leader Morgan Tsvangirai would press for meetings with some of the regional leaders to brief them about the situation in Zimbabwe.

The MDC-T said it wanted the Zimbabwe crisis back on the Sadc agenda as the economic deterioration was worsening.