Harare, Zimbabwe-Twenty-eight days ago, on 15 September, Zimbabweans were jubilating, embracing, shaking hands in celebration of conquering political intolerance that had gripped the nation for almost a decade. Leaders of long time political rivals, Zanu PF, led by 84-year-old Robert Mugabe, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Morgan Tsvangirai and Professor Arthur Mutambara of the smaller MDC breakaway formation had reached a political settlement in a power sharing deal signed at Rainbow Towers Hotel in the capital Harare, amid pomp and fanfare. Some 28 days later,the same leaders who promised to work as a team are still to agree on the sharing of cabinet posts, in what many Zimbabweans view as a betrayal to the long bleeding economy. With inflation at 231 million percent and the political circus continuing, Zimbabwe is paying the heavy price in this political deadlock.
