| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | African Histories and Modernities |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 221-243 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published (VoR) - 2020 |
Publication series
| Name | African Histories and Modernities |
|---|---|
| ISSN (Print) | 2634-5773 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2634-5781 |
Funding
Some of the accusations that the MDC was a foreign-funded puppet party were true. However, this was not a serious accusation since ZANU– PF and indeed the Zimbabwean government itself routinely enjoyed foreign funding—something revealed by the current f ance minister, Mthuli Ncube. The MDC, initially backed by internal financing, would later get financial support from overseas pro-democracy initiatives. Mugabe referred to the MDC in the following terms: