Tsvangirai's wife dead in crash (Prime Minister injured but not critical condition)

BBC News ^ | 3/6/09 | BBC

[NormsRevenge]

The wife of Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has been killed in a car crash in which he was also hurt, party officials say.

Susan Tsvangirai was travelling with her husband south of the capital, Harare, when the crash happened.

Mr Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, formed a unity government with President Robert Mugabe last month.

The two had been long-time rivals before agreeing a power-sharing deal.

MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa told Reuters news agency that Mr Tsvangirai, who will turn 57 next week, was not in a critical condition.

"We have just heard that there was an accident of sorts involving the president of the party. Injuries, yes, but not critical condition, we are still assessing the actual condition," he said.

The prime minister is said to have been on his way to his rural home in Buhera, where he planned to hold a weekend rally, when his vehicle was involved in a crash near Beatrice.

A spokesman for Mr Tsvangirai, James Maridadi, told the Associated Press news agency that the car had been in collision with a lorry. The car was also carrying an aide, he said.

The AFP news agency quoted an MDC minister as saying the driver of the lorry had been asleep at the wheel.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

The AFP news agency quoted an MDC minister as saying the driver of the lorry had been asleepZANU-PF at the wheel.

Fixed it.

[Dumpster Baby]

Ah, yes, Operation Karen Silkwood.

[NormsRevenge]

Condolences to the Tsvangirai family and Zimbabwe.

[Constitution Day]

What’s the Zim version of Arkancide?

Hararicide?

[NormsRevenge]

Lorrycide

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[La Lydia]

How convenient for Mr. Mugabe.

[GonzoGOP]

The need to start sending Mugabe's opponents guns with the rice. This needs to be ended before it pulls all of South Africa into the pit with it. And we sure don't want China to get any more involved than they already are.

Channeling my best Fred Thompson, "This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. " Well OK we will likely get through it, but a lot of people in Africa won't.

[ApplegateRanch]

That was my first thought: attempted assassination.

[dfwgator]

Surely you didn’t think Mugabe was just going to share power.

(insert Dr Rumack picture here)

[johnthebaptistmoore]

I’m shocked!

[Peter Vollmer]

[Impy]

“Accident”, sure.

[Impy]

What was Tsvangirai thinking joinging a “power-sharing agreement”?

[Levante]

“Prime Minister injured but not critical condition”

How long before that bastard Mugabe sends his thugs to the hospital to snuff Tsvangirai?

[happygrl]

Very sad news.

I am skeptical that this was an accident....

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

I'm not skeptical at all... it was an assassination attempt.