Ncube quashed rumours that he together with Chinamasa altered the document and told that it was Zanu PF negotiator, Patrick Chinamasa who made the changes to the power deal that seeks to end the economic and political situation in the country, according to SWRadio Africa.

Last week, rumours had it that Chinamasa, Ncube and Thabo Mbeki’s own representative, Mujanku Gumbi, had teamed up and made alterations to the power deal document signed by the three political leaders in Harare.

Ncube said: “It can only be the product of people who are extremely malicious, who have no journalistic ethics who run with a stupid false story without even the decency of talking to the people who are accused of the fraudulent alteration of the document,” he was speaking to SWRadio Africa.

“I did not take part or participate in any alteration of any agreement at all,” he said. Ncube said there were alterations to the document and that two paragraphs were missing from the final agreement signed by the principals on September 15. He said Chinamasa had admitted to altering one of the paragraphs and to “accidentally” deleting two of the other clauses.

Ncube said the differences were between the September 11 document and the one which was finally signed on September 15. He said after the historic signing ceremony, the document was put on a computer disc and given to Zanu-PF’s chief representative, Chinamasa, by the South Africa officials, to prepare a legal document.

Chinamasa claimed that the missing paragraph was “deleted by accident”. Addressing a press conference after the SADC troika last week, SADC secretary Tomaz Somao confirmed that the document signed on September 15 was indeed altered before the signing ceremony and different from the one agreed by the parties on September 11.

Tsvangirai sparked outcry in October that Zanu PF had doctored the document to alter certain clauses in the document that was to be signed on September 15 Meanwhile Morgan Tsvangirai has revealed that he will attend the SADC summit in South Africa this weekend whether Zanu PF renew his expired passport or not to emancipate the people who have been subjected to a hostile life by the Mugabe regime.

This is also ample evidence that the parties are not negotiating in good faith and the SADC summit may also be a waste of time.