Zimbabwe: Mugabe Gives Tsvangirai Cash

DESPITE long-standing rivalry with President Robert Mugabe, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, currently battling cancer of the colon, received a shot in the arm from an unlikely source -- the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) -- when he got US$70 000 to meet part of his medical bills, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal.

Tsvangirai, leader of the MDC-T and ex-prime minister in the coalition government with Zanu PF from 2009 to 2013, has in recent months reduced his public appearances due to his condition.

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