Succession struggle shakens the MDC after Tsvangirai's death Tsvangirai's death has sparked a bitter succession struggle within the opposition MDC party which is threatening to divide the party to the benefit of ZANU-PF. Those tensions were on display even before Tsvangirai was in the ground, with MDC deputy president Thokozani Khupe "assaulted and threatened" by fellow party members during the funeral, according to police commissioner Godwin Matanga. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES