They still want to portray themselves as a normal democracy, ... I don't think anybody will be fooled. The crisis continues, even if they pay off the IMF.

I think for some time we will continue to see these two political groups operating separately, and it leaves the future of opposition politics very uncertain.

We cannot continue talking about a way forward when we know the way forward is to change the constitution.

They are not real charges. I don't think in the real world you can charge people with treason and then let them go free. I don't think that has ever happened.

This is an attempt to attack the opposition, but it should be seen as a wider assault on all the democratic forces in the country.

It would be foolhardy for either faction to believe it can overshadow the other and if they do not try to re-unite before the next elections they will certainly lose against Mugabe.