"Its not fair!" After all we have done for Morgan all this time and he betrays us by shaking hands with Mugabe. Is there no loyalty to the Union Jack anymore. Who can we trust. My heart bleeds ....we were only trying to be kind!

brum, Montreal,

Why are Mbeki and Mugabi in such a hurry now after 8 years of doing nothing? It's Western pressure that has kickstarted these so called talks. I hope MDC sticks to its demands and doesn't give an inch away. Mbeki and Mugabe cannot be trusted as they will try to maintain the ZIM criminal regime alive

Gil, Funchal, Portugal

Reading through all these post makes me laugh to all the people who are on about Mugabe, the British Queen knighted him after killing thousands in Matebeleland, now you know why Mbeki does not trust your government.How many British companies are trading in Zimbabwe? Barclays banking for him?

Clay, Jozi,

Excuse me Alton, Mugabe lost the first election but rigged the results (which is why it took so long to announce them) so he wouldn't have to accept them. Even SADC & the AU's monitors said so. That's good enough for me. But Africa hasn't got the guts to chuck him out.

David Ashton, Bathurst, Australia

Its not much but its something non-adverserial. That is a good start. Countrymen should settle their difference within their boundaries and be dependent on people who know little about the country; only wanting to project their own superiority. I hope that something positive will come out of this.

Glynn, Kingston,

In case people get carried away with this halabaloo,whatever the outcome of these negotiations,Mugabe IS the president of Zimbabwe and he has the constitutional mandate to not only appoint the cabinet but also appoint 16 extra MP's to reverse the MDC's parliamentary majority.
This is the reality.

Alton Hadzisa, London, UK

The question is what now, not so much for Zimbabwe but for the West. Can a plan be hatched where even Morgan, their lynchpin, is deemed unimportant to their overarching plans? If so how would they justify it and then legitimised their actions. It would seem to an amateur like me that its stalemate.

Glynn, Kingston,

Lets not pretend that a solution is going to be easily found.

Mugabe has to be extremely worried that the MDC will even "share" power in Zimbabwe.

Mugabes tribe are pastoralists and the MDC are mostly tribal warriors, ponder on that if you will.

Zanu PF will share power at its peril.

brian bunting, Chorley, Lancashire, united kingdom

Do you think we are stupid!!!

"Third world tyrant after slaughtering hundreds of thousands reliqushes control in favour of liberal democracy in Damascene conversion."

Here a response from one of the western colonialist oppressors.

"Pull the other one - it plays jingle bells!!!!!"

Mark, Berkhamsted,

Western media is 3rd rate when it comes to reporting on Africa. With few exceptions the analysis is shallow and out of touch with the indegenous viewpoint. You had all written off Mbeki and you have always underestimated Mugabe, the master tactitian he is. Chubby trade unionists have no chance !!

Roger Ndaba , St Albans, UK

The solution that will stick is one that has been agreed by Zimbabweans( without outside interference). Lim (Malaysia) is correct. Those war wongers who want bombs to fall on Zim should shut up. Zimbabweans want peace and progress.The talks and Mbeki's efforts are commended.

Davis, Manchester,

Charan Muzaya -What are your really intentions about Zim?You appear not to care about the plight of your fellow Zimbabweans.Why do you advocate for war when there is an option for peace on the table? Who do you think should pay for the massacre of over 50,000 black Zims during the struggle?

Davis, Manchester,

It is strange, three leaders agreed with each to act peacefully on resolving questions and someone still propose military invasion. In Russia we lived for a decade without 'fun' in 90s, I hope, Zimbabweans wont break either.

Alexey L.N., Novosibirsk, Russia

Tsvangirai is now in bed with Mugabe. Now we know that Africans are interested only personal aggrandisment no matter what political claims they make. Can we please send the so called political asylum seekers back to their own continent .

Not PC - post rejected by mods.

Marion Morrison, Cheltenham,

Credit goes to the G7 countries (G8 minus Russia) for this small step. Behind the scenes they put pressure on Mbeki to make progress or else South Africa would lose hosting of the 2010 games. Mbeki would have done nothing otherwise, except tinkering and pretending. He should be monitored closely.

Charan Muzaya, London, UK

Mr.Tsvangirai should never enter into any kind of deal with Robert Mugabe.Dealings with Thabo Mbeki is a complete waste of time,and I wondered how was it possible for him to be President of South Africa? A day is coming soon when both of them will stand before God, and give an account of their evil

Jeffrey Churchill, Pierrefonds, Quebec. CANADA

At the very least, the negotiations should end with the exit of Mr Mugabe, the army commander, the police chief and the disbandment of the notorious Joint Operations Command (JOC) which, under the chairmanship of Emmerson Mnangagwa, has organised the butchering of civilians over the last few months.

Charan Muzaya, London, UK

Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Once the world sees that China and Russia are slowly annexing all of Africa and that the Cape and Mediterranean routes may soon be controlled by these vicious regimes, they will re-think their priorities. Iran is not as much a priority as Africa, you will see.

Charan Muzaya, London, UK

This is a non-event. It's an agreement to talk to each other. Do we think Mugabe will really agree to give up power? The danger now is that Mugabe will aim to be legitimate by sucking in Tsvangirai as a minister in his government, thereby neutralising the MDC the way ZAPU was neutralised in 1987.

Charan Muzaya, London, UK

Time will tell who is doing what in Zimbabwe, and we know what has cause the meltdown in Zimbabwe. Tsvangirai should understand that negotiations are a give and take, compromises should come from both side. Sanctions should be removed and if Zanu-Pf makes those conditions what will MDC do?

Thuthukani Mkhize, Harare, ZIMBABWE

And so this peculiar international obsession with Zimbabwe fits into the US and British plans to reclaim their old colony. So maybe Mugabe isn't an effective leader anymore and people have forgottent the benefits of the Lancaster agreements, but- with many other shady governments - why focus there??

Ernesto Arce, East Los Angeles, USA

Charan Muzaya, London, UK
The world has no oomph to step in. D West (UK/US) is having economic woes of their own. Their forces are stretched thin in Iraq and Afghanistan. China is preoccupied with Olympics and Sichuan quake reconstruction. Zims have to solve their own. Yes, talk is d way.
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Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

I do not believe that you can negotiate with a mad man. Mugabe along with his henchmen needs to be tried in some international court. Zimbabwe was a sould economy, exporter of grain with one of the best educational and medical systems in Africa. Someone must be held responsible for the ruin.

Jim McCreary, Houston, Texas, USA

it is all fine ang good that the m.d.c and zanu-pf are going to try to sine this deal but what hapens to the people that have put up with mugabes rule from 1980 . the countery is in the pits . why does america not step in and sort out the problem like that did in afganistane .

davil, kariba, zimbabwe

it is not fair on the people that have to put up with the situation that is in zim . pleas can even the un or any one that has the power to change things in zim come and help us . it is just no fun to live here any more . :-(

davil, kariba, zimbabwe

I totally disagree with you Mr Muzaya, it`s time for reconciliation and the world to support this for our motherland. If we start another war with Russia and China you will not win it. Lets be truthful, it`s time for Zimbabweans to solve their problems.

Freedom, London, UK

More "quiet diplomacy"? Another agreement to be broken? Mugabe will never share control, let alone relinquish it. Remove him before he proves me right.

Charlie, Cheltenham,

Time for the west to step in. Zimbabwe should be seen as a frontline of the expansionism of the evil empires of Russia and China, just as Afghanistan was in 1980, and Czechoslovakia was in 1968. China is after Zimbabwe's minerals. Russia is after the vast deposits of natural gas that have been found

Charan Muzaya, London, UK