Harare - Prime minister and president of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai, will on Thursday officially open the party's regalia shop and a research and library centre at Harvest House.

The regalia shop, known as the New Zimbabwe Excellence Shop is the first of its kind to be launched by a political party in Zimbabwe. The shop will open its doors on Thursday and will offer a wide variety of MDC-labelled products such as T-shirts, mugs, caps, CDs, DVDs and umbrellas.

The research and library centre will offer internet, library and research facilities to the MDC’s leadership and the party’s structures and members. The regalia shop and the research centre and library are a brainchild of the party’s Information and Publicity Department.

The three facilities will go a long way in assisting Zimbabweans to access information as well as buy party paraphernalia and branded material of one of the biggest political parties in Africa.

At Thursday’s launch,Tsvangirai will be accompanied by the MDC leadership and members of the national executive. Zimbabweans have been clamouring for a one-stop shop where they can access MDC party material of the people’s party.

The regalia shop is situated at the ground floor of Harvest House and will prove to be a popular shop for millions of Zimbabweans who are demanding real change.

The MDC, which overwhelmingly won the presidential, parliamentary and local government elections in the historic plebiscite of 29 March 2008, will in the next three months replicate similar facilities in all provinces in order to make party information and regalia easily accessible to the people.

By The Zimbabwe Mail