Where is Tsvangirai?

The whereabouts of Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the MDC, continue to be a subject of speculation both in the media and at social gatherings across the country.
Tsvangirai was reported to be shuttling between Botswana and South Africa meeting political players from both the region and abroad in a bid to find a quick solution to the political stalemate in Zimbabwe.
However, while Tsvangirai’s various diplomatic initiatives were widely covered by the media both local and international, there were little or no attempts by the local media to follow up on reports that the MDC leader was afraid of coming back home.
Tsvangirai was reported to have told the international media he was afraid of returning home.
"It is no use going back to Zimbabwe and becoming captive. Then you are not effective. What can you do?" he told a Canadian newspaper.
"Do you want a dead hero?" he said suggesting his life could be endangered should he return home now.
He said he would rather mobilize international support against Mugabe first before retuning home.
Tsvangirai’s comments come in the wake of an upsurge of politically motivated violence targeted at MDC supporters. The violence campaign has been blamed on the army and other security organs, war veterans and Zanu PF activists.
The campaign of violence, called Operation Makavhoterapapi ("Where did you put your cross?") has spread across country where opposition support surged in the March 29 election.
Tsvangirai also told the international media they were rogue elements within Mugabe’s government who could put the law into their own hands and possibly harm him. “There are rogue elements there who might take the law into their own hands,” Tsvangirai told the Associated Press.
Tsvangirai has been a victim of violent attacks by rogue elements. In 1997, while he was still leader of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), he was attacked by a group of unknown thugs while he was in his office. He sustained serious injuries as a result of the attack. His assailants were never arrested.
But, notwithstanding such dangers, Tsvangirai has insisted he will return home saying: “I’ll go back. It’s just that I’ve work to do.”
Then, there are also strong fears Tsvangirai may be arrested for “committing an act of treason” after the state-owned Herald newspaper published what it purported to be a letter by Tsvangirai begging for British military intervention, and a reply from Gordon Brown. The British embassy in Harare denounced the alleged letter from the British Prime Minister as a "forgery", saying: "No such letter or wider correspondence exists." But Patrick Chinamasa, said the opposition leader had behaved "treasonably", and there was no doubting the consequences. Tsvangirai has been charged with treason before and was acquitted.