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  • Tsvangirai grandson dies in pool

    04/05/2009 6:57:51 PM PDT · by GSP.FAN · 10 replies · 1,084+ views
    BBC ^ | 5 April 2009 | BBC
    The death of the child, Sean, comes less than a month after Mr Tsvangirai's wife Susan died in a car crash.
  • Mandela's defender on case in Zimbabwe

    02/25/2003 2:30:49 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 4 replies · 101+ views
    THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | February 25, 2003 | Geoff Hill
    <p>JOHANNESBURG - In 1963, lawyer George Bizos saved anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela from the gallows, and Mr. Mandela went on to become president of South Africa. Forty years later, he is defending Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on a capital charge of plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe.</p>
  • Canadian firm accuses Zimbabwe opposition leader of plotting to kill Mugabe

    02/13/2002 10:45:33 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 16 replies · 340+ views
    dailynews.yahoo.com ^ | February 13, 2002 | RAVI NESSMAN, AP
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader was involved in a plot to assassinate or overthrow Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, a consulting firm with ties to Mugabe's government claimed Wednesday. An official at Dicksen & Madson said he secretly taped a meeting with Morgan Tsvangirai, president of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, where they discussed removing Mugabe from power. Tsvangirai was apparently unaware of the firm's connection to the government. The grainy footage was broadcast on Australian television Wednesday night. Tsvangirai told The Associated Press the tape was "contrived." He refused to comment further, but opposition spokesman ...