Zimbabwe deal could see Tsvangirai in charge with amnesty for Mugabe

ZIMBABWE’S opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will run the country under a mooted draft agreement while President Robert Mugabe will become ceremonial president, a South African newspaper reported yesterday.

The Star newspaper said a draft document circulated among negotiators in Zimbabwe’s power-sharing talks in South Africa also proposed an amnesty for Mugabe and others implicated in political crimes.

The paper said there was no agreement yet, but quoted unnamed sources as saying the rival parties were receptive to the draft document. The Star said the draft settlement would be the basis for talks between Mugabe and Tsvangirai in Harare today.