(15 Feb 2018) The MDC-T party said it has appointed Nelson Chamisa, a charismatic 40-year-old official, as acting leader on Thursday, a day after the death of longtime opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
The party said it will meet again to choose a candidate for upcoming elections.
Tsvangirai's death leaves Zimbabwe's opposition in disarray with the first post-Mugabe elections approaching.
An opposition alliance had endorsed him as its candidate, even as his deputies tussled to act as party leader while he was out of the country for treatment.
Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change party met on Thursday on the way forward while thousands of supporters gathered, singing songs of tribute.
Chamisa said Tsvangirai's legacy was in safe hands, and denied there was "a crisis of the generals on the field" within the party.
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