Emmerson Mnangagwa invites Zimbabwe’s opposition leaders for talks
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is ‘looking into’ the invitation, spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda says
Harare— Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has invited opposition leaders for talks after a violent crackdown on antigovernment protests. The meeting will take place at Mnangagwa’s office on Thursday, chief secretary to the president and cabinet Misheck Sibanda said in a memorandum emailed to reporters. Political leaders who contested 2018’s presidential elections can bring three delegates, and those who won seats in parliament may be accompanied by an additional representative, he said. Thousands of people poured onto the streets of the capital, Harare, and other major cities such as Bulawayo when the main labour federation called a three-day strike in January after fuel prices were more than doubled to the highest in the world. At least a dozen people were killed and hundreds injured as the army tried to suppress the riots in the most brutal crackdown since independence in 1980. Main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is “looking into” the invitation, Nkululeko Sibanda, a spoke...
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