A NEW opposition political party was launched in Zimbabwe at the weekend ahead of the country’s legislative elections due next year, local daily papers reported Monday. The Zimbabwe Integrated Party is headed by a mathematics professor, Heneri Dzinotyiweyi. Dzinotyiweyi has accused the ruling ZANU-PF party leadership for being bent on enriching itself at the expense of the public. “It is incorrect for some people to be in misery while others are living in glory,” he said. More than a dozen political parties are registered in Zimbabwe, but many exist in name only, and none has been able to mount an effective challenge to Mugabe’s party since it came to power at independence in 1980.