Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe on Wednesday. His arch rival, Robert Mugabe, remains president

Tyson Tatenda says he is a victim of the political violence that erupted in June 2008 until end of year. He says that he used to work as a DJ before securing another job as a flight services officer. After quitting the job in 2004 he made a living buying things in Zambia to resell in Zimbabwe. He says his life was in danger for supporting the Movement for Democratic Change and intelligence agents were hunting him day and night. But he is still determined to go home soon.

With a wife and son waiting for him to send money to buy food, Tatenda says life is very difficult in Gaborone. He spends the whole day at White City location hoping to get a piece job.

"I hope the swearing in will bring change. Tsvangirai has fought for people and it shows that he has the interests of people at heart by agreeing to go into unity government," he said.

He has no trust in Mugabe and suspects history will repeat itself. He cited the merger of ZANU and ZAPU in the 80s to form ZANU-PF that brought the Matabeleland massacre. But he hopes that in six months Mugabe will show signs of commitment.

Nobled Dube, a former soldier in the air force of Zimbabwe, says Tsvangirai was supposed to be the leader because he won the elections. He says he quit his job in 2006 after working for two years because he was paid peanuts. He accused the African Union (AU), Southern African Development Committee (SADC) and other international bodies of failing Zimbabweans in not telling Mugabe to step down after failing to win a majority. For Michael Zwimba, the unity government brings hope because schools will soon re-open. "It will be a good thing for our children to go to school because the whole of last year was wasted and we paid school fees for nothing," he said.

He is of the view that former Finance Minister, Simba Makoni should be reinstated because he had brilliant ideas that ZANU-PF rejected, only to implement them very late.

For Keatametse Motlhabani from Thamaga, the swearing in of Tsvangirai will relieve Botswana of the burden of having to take care of Zimbabweans.

He is also convinced that Zimbabweans take jobs that belong to locals. He is quick to disagree with xenophobic attacks on foreigners. But he also says he does not trust Mugabe following his actions after the September 2008 signing ceremony for a unity government.

"He just failed to comply with the agreement and I have little trust that this thing will work," he said.