Opposition to get one cabinet seat more than Mugabe

ZIMBABWE’S opposition will get more cabinet posts than President Robert Mugabe’s party in the long-sought unity government, state radio has reported.

It said the cabinet, under a power-sharing deal brokered by South African President Thabo Mbeki, will have 31 members, 16 from the opposition and 15 from Mugabe’s party.

Mugabe’s ZANU-PF and the opposition have begun discussing the appointments before the ceremonial signing today of a deal reached after weeks of negotiations that followed widely discredited elections.