History Repeating Itself for the Opposition Leader in Zimbabwe?

Will Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai become another Joshua Nkomo, who was opposition leader when the country gained independence in 1980. Nkomo's supporters were murdered by Mugabe's soldiers (likewise with this year's elections), then he was offered a power-sharing deal (currently being negotiated), became vice president and neutralized (remains to be seen). BBC reporter Allan Little compares the situation in his article Deja Vu: Nkomo's Ghost Haunts Zimbabwe Talks.