The MDC Veteran Activists Association (MDC-VAA) warned senior members
of the party now in government not to be carried away with their new
positions but to immediately begin rallying the party for the next
ballot context.
The MDC-VAA claimed President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu (PF) were had begun campaigning for the next polls.
ZANU (PF) is already on the ground, mobilising its members for
elections, which Mugabe might call anytime, said MDC VAA chairman,
Solomon Chikowero at the association's office in Braamfontein,
Johannesburg.
War veterans are already out there on the ground, educating grassroots
about the GNU, and they might be using that opportunity to mobilise for
fresh elections.
Under the power-sharing agreement between Zanu (PF) and the MDC the
unity government shall work to stabilize the economy and political
environment, lead the drafting of a new and democratic constitution
before calling fresh polls.
14 000 Zimbabweans deported monthly from Botswana, South Africa
 An average 14,000 Zimbabweans are deported from South
Africa and Botswana every month as Harare's humanitarian crisis
continues to spill over the country's borders, the International
Organisation for Migration (IOM) said last week.
The IOM said its reception and support centre at Beitbridge on the
border between Zimbabwe and South Africa had assisted 304,000 failed
Zimbabwean asylum seekers deported by Pretoria since May 2006 when the
holding centre opened.
Currently, about 11,000 Zimbabweans are being returned through
Beitbridge a month, said the organisation which helps people seeking
to be repatriated to their home countries.
A further 3,000 Zimbabweans are assisted each month by the IOM refugee
reception centre at Plumtree border post between Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Millions of Zimbabweans have left the country for neighbouring
countries, mainly South Africa and Botswana, in search of food and
better employment opportunities.
Most of them used illegal crossing points to enter the neighbouring
countries while others entered using the official channels but
disappeared into society once they reached their destinations.
The IOM officially launched last Wednesday the second refugee reception centre at Plumtree border post.
The centre opened its doors to Zimbabwean migrants in May 2008 but was
officially launched last week by government ministers from Zimbabwe and
Botswana.
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Pauline Mpariwa, with
Co-Ministers of Home Affairs, Kembo Mohadi and Giles Mutsekwa, formally
opened the centre with Peter Letlhogonolo Siele, Botswana’s Minister of
Labour and Home Affairs.