Article: Zimbabwe's New Cabinet Welcomed

Most Zimbabweans Sunday expressed their welcome over the new cabinet appointed by President Robert Mugabe on Saturday.

Mugabe announced a 19-member cabinet which saw 16 ministers being left out. A number of respected personalities were appointed cabinet ministers in the new line-up.

The new ministers came only from the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) led by Mugabe.

In the parliamentary election on June 24 and 25, ZANU-PF got 62 seats with a narrow victory while the country's largest opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won 57 seats.

Speaking on Sunday, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai welcomed the new cabinet, saying it is full of technocrats and ...

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