First, the Mugabe government seized Morgan Tsvangerai’s passport at the airport, but returned it after threats from Botswana’s President Seretse Khama Ian Khama threatened not to attend a regional summit.

Tsvangerai is saying that he is committed to the negotiations, though with the entire passport debacle, Mugabe’s commitment is in doubt.

One interesting bit of information is that a mining company is holding talks with the MDC about platinum concessions, which indicates that someone thinks that there is a chance that someone other than Mugabe will have control of such things.