Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front central committee member Manatsa Mutasa told United States embassy officials that ZANU-PF had told central committee members that Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai had won 48 percent of the 2008 presidential vote and Robert Mugabe 43 percent so ZANU-PF was preparing for war because there was no guarantee
Defence Minister Moven Mahachi died in a car accident barely a month after the death of another minister Border Gezi, also in a car accident. Deaths in car accidents, especially of senior party officials, are generally viewed in Zimbabwe as political assassinations. According to the United States embassy, though President Robert Mugabe usually took his