Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Government To Be Constituted On Friday
The international community for the most part welcomed the new political order in Harare, but remained skeptical of President Mugabe’s 
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, in his second day on the job after a decade in opposition, told journalists that he has not yet lined up funding to back up his inaugural pledge to pay the country's civil servants in hard currency. President Mugabe's office later Thursday released a statement giving the names of ministers and deputy ministers of his ZANU-PF party to be sworn in on Friday, but without stating what portfolios they would be assigned. The list included a number of familiar names, including Herbert Murerwa, who was dropped as finance minister in 2007. The Finance Ministry has already been assigned to Tendai Biti, a member of parliament and secretary general of Mr. Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change formation. Mnangagwa is considered a potential successor to Mr. Mugabe at the head of ZANU-PF. The week's cabinet appointments have not been without controversy. Mr. Tsvangirai's appointment of Abednico Bhebhe of the MDC formation led by Mutambara as the minister in charge of water, was challenged by the Mutambara formation. Tsvangirai was forced to drop Bhebhe and replace him with Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, more senior in the MDC wing. Mr. Tsvangirai also came under pressure to reverse his selection of Eddie Cross as minister of state enterprises and replace him with Joel Gabuza after complaints from representatives of the Matabeleland region that it was not sufficiently represented in the cabinet. Mutambara MDC formation sources said the party will name David Coltart as to be education minister, while its secretary general, Welshman Ncube will head industry and trade. The international community for the most part welcomed the new political order in Harare, but remained skeptical of President Mugabe’s willingness to embrace reform. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said London cannot treat Zimbabwe as an ordinary country until it undertakes serious reforms. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the new government must immediately address economic and humanitarian issues including the relentless cholera epidemic.