Opposition: will they or wont they?

But on Tuesday night, the four presidents of the opposition parties found themselves seated around the same table again. The event was a panel discussion organised by the Editor's Forum to do a post-mortem on the collapse of opposition cooperation talks and its implications on democracy.
Yes, this was a panel discussion but it felt more like the first session at a rehabilitation centre for estranged spouses attempting a patch-up before a marriage counsellor the day after a marital fight.

Perhaps Ephraim Setshwaelo, president of Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM) captured the mood when he said the discussion was more like public prosecution.
"I have never felt so publicly prosecuted in my life," Setshawaelo said in response to a number of questions and comments from the floor.
The leaders' speeches were punctuated by promise, hope, accusations, denials and perhaps even blunt honesty.