Given Mbeki’s support for Mugabe up to the signing of the agreement on the 15th September, 2008, it is not surprising that the agreement sought to restore Mugabe legitimacy, left Mugabe in full control and admits little hope for the return of the rule of law and democracy in Zimbabwe. As such, the agreement affords little benefit to the people of Zimbabwe. It has, however, silenced the MDC and the clamour for fresh and free and fair elections in Zimbabwe. Once again the ploy of negotiations has rescued Mugabe - and from his most severe test yet. The only mystery to be solved is why the MDC has permitted Mbeki the space to do this. However, disputes over Mbeki’s role in the negotiations in late November 2008, and in particular in the dispute over the allocation of Ministries, indicates that the MDC has finally realised that Mbeki is probably the most unsuitable leader within SADC to claim the position of an honest broker between ZANU PF and the MDC. The MDC has now demanded the removal of Mbeki in the strongest terms, and as the above indicates, quite rightly so.