TEN months ago, he left Phelandaba Stadium unconscious, a victim of poisoning as the G40 cabal sought to stem the popular tide that saw him receive thunderous receptions at rally-after-rally, adulation that dwarfed what met then incumbent president Mr Robert Mugabe who grew increasingly paranoid whenever the crowd lapped up his deputy’s trademark, long-drawn party slogans that ended with the prophetic punch line, “Pasi nemhanduuuu! (Down with the enemy!)”