SADC Slams Door in Tsvangirai’s Face

{{Zimbabwe’s Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s “diplomatic offensive’’ suffered another setback on Wednesday when Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba and his premier Hage Geingob snubbed the MDC-T leader, forcing him to take his roadshow to central and West Africa.}}

The cold shoulder in Windhoek followed similar indifference in Luanda where Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos could not be bothered leaving Mr Tsvangirai to meet low-level government officials.

Mr Tsvangirai embarked on a Sadc tour last week to exert pressure on member-states to compel President Mugabe to postpone elections till the implementation of so-called reforms.

Impeccable sources say Sadc, the guarantor of the GPA, was “sick and tired” of Mr Tsvangirai’s antics that have also drawn fire from his MDC counterparts who described the tour as “silly and embarrassing’’.

The NCA queried why Mr Tsvangirai was only demanding reforms now when he had spent the past four years in the inclusive Government.

Mr Tsvangirai sought to meet the Namibian leaders on Wednesday, but was snubbed, prompting him to switch his itinerary to central and west Africa.

This comes ahead of the 21st session of the African Union General Assembly which convenes in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from the 19th to the 27th of this month.

{Herald}