Lanxa bengabanengi abazi uMnu. Phelekezela Mphoko okhethwe ukuba ngumsekeli kaMongameli Mugabe useke waba ezindabeni. Ngomnyaka ka 2003 uMphoko wenza ubudlelwano beZimbabwe le Botswana bubemunyu ngemva kokutshaya intathelizindaba eyethesa icala lokungalobi kuhle ngaye.
Lintathelizindaba u Hlopniphani Chengeta owayayisebenzela iphephandaba le Sunday Tribune yasa loludaba emthethwandaba kodwa loludaba aluyangandawo ngoba uMphoko wavikelwa ngumthetho othi abamela amazwe kabathoniswa kwamanye amazwe.
Ilunga lenhlanganiso elwela ilungelo lentathelizindaba, iMisa Botswana, uMnu. Ryder Gabatuse utshele iStudio Seven ngoLwesine ukuthi bamangele besizwa ukuthi uMphoko usekhethwe ukuba ngumsekeli kamongameli.
Ngomnyaka ka 2009 uMphoko waba endabeni njalo ngemva kokutshela umhlangano ukuthi umbhuqazwe we Gukurahundi wawungamanga amazwe angentshonalanga ayefuna nje ukungcolisa igama leZimbabwe.
Emhlanganweni lo wathuka ababesethula imbono yabo abagoqela uNkosikazi Beatrice Mtetwa. Kodwa uMtetwa walile ukukhuluma ngaloludaba. UMphoko walile ukukhuluma le Studio Seven wathi ufuna imbuzo elotshwe phansi.
UChris Gande weStudio Seven uxoxe lengcwethi ecubungula ezombusazwe, uMnu. Dinizulu Macaphulana othi ukukhethwa kukaMphoko kutshengisa sobala ukuthi uMongameli Mugabe kazange adinge umuntu olembali efaneleyo ukuba ngumsekeli wakhe kodwa nje wayefuna umuntu ozalandela izifiso zakhe.
Ukuhlaziya ukukhethwa kukaMnu. Phelekezela Mpoko loMnu. Emmerson Mnangagwa ukuthi besekele uMongameli Mugabe, uSithandekile Mhlanga weStudio 7 uxoxe loMnu. Walter Nsununguli Mbongolwane, ingcwethi ecubungula ezombusazwe endawonye loMnu. Max Mnkandla, umgcinisihlalo we nhlanganiso yabalwa impi yenkululeko eyeZimbabwe Liberators' Peace Initiative, onguye osungula lingxoxo.