Deputy PM shares her frustrations and hopes

In her address to the conference on Tuesday, Khupe said the fashionable system of inclusive governments or government of national unity such as adopted in Kenya and Zimbabwe are wrong in that they keep incumbents in power even after elections have determined otherwise.

"This unfortunate development in our continent should be frowned upon," she said. "It should be given no room to flourish. It is no solution to political exclusion nor is it a solution to political intolerance. I am not against political accommodation, I am not against coalitions, I am not against governments of national unity and not against a positive sum approach; but I am opposed to the subversion of the will of the people. I am opposed to the violation of national constitutions in order to maintain power by all means necessary."