Cape Town, 10 May-(ANA)-Zimbabwe premier Morgan Tsvangirai has said his country is on track, despite ongoing battles within the fragile unity government and the strain of a ravaged economy.
In an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper in South Africa, Tsvangirai said his first three months as prime minister had been "the most wonderful and awful" of his life.
"It is only 100 days so far, but this government has consolidated. We have our problems -- who doesn't -- (and) some people are not happy with everything that's happening, but sceptics are now the minority," he said.
"The majority believe we are on the right track and I believe so myself."
Despite the problems, Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party have repeatedly indicated they will not pull out of the power-sharing deal.
Tsvangirai took office on February 11 after a bloody political crisis over inconclusive elections in March last year, causing months of deadlock over a way forward as the economy bottomed out.
Human rights abuses, a clampdown on media and opposition, a devastating cholera outbreak and food and fuel shortages characterised the post-election period.
Having ditched the hyperinflation-battered Zimbabwe dollar, the country has this year seen basic necessities return to stores and prices -- now tagged in US dollars -- slowly improving.
"Schools and hospitals are being re-opened; people are being attended to, and the cholera epidemic has been contained, but we still have a long way to go to ensure that there is a proper health delivery system," Tsvangirai told the newspaper.(ANA)
US/Colombia Uni/Protest