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The MDC leader is expected to visit troubled SA townships after xenophobic attacks
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May 16, 2008, 18:45
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will return to Zimbabwe tomorrow after an absence of more than a month to prepare for a presidential run-off due on June 27, a spokesperson for his MDC party said today.
Tsvangirai, who has been visiting Northern Ireland, says the date for the run-off is illegal, but he will contest the election.
Movement for Democratic Change spokesperson Nelson Chamisa said Tsvangirai, the party's president, would arrive in the capital Harare tomorrow ahead of a weekend rally planned for Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo. "President Tsvangirai will be arriving tomorrow after a successful diplomatic offensive. We expect him around 10.30am," Chamisa said.
Police yesterday wrote to the MDC, saying the Bulawayo rally could not go ahead, but the high court overturned the ban today. "This is a crucial meeting, which is president Tsvangirai's first since our victory," Chamisa said.
Tsvangirai left the country soon after the disputed March 29 poll in which he defeated President Robert Mugabe, but without the absolute majority needed to avoid a second round election. - Reuters
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