The attention has shifted from Mugabe who failed Zimbabwe in the past 29 years with much focus being directed to Tsvangirai.
Political analysts said Tsvangirai was attracting great attention from Zimbabweans as well as the media include the state-run. The state-owned media used to attack Tsvangirai on a daily basis but the stance has change ever since the Prime Minister occupied an office at the Munhumutapa Building in Harare.
Instead of publishing Mugabe's stories and pictures, the local media is awash with pictures and stories on Tsvangirai.
A university of Zimbabwe political scientist told this publication that Tsvangirai would be viewed as a hero if he manages to lift Zimbabwe from the economic quagmire.
He said the focus was Tsvangirai's performance as a Prime Minister since he promised to revive the country's battered economy.
The focus is on Tsvangirai as a leader than Mugabe. We will argue that Mugabe has nothing to offer to Zimbabwe, hence he is now suffering irrelevance compared to Tsvangirai, said the UZ lecturer.
Tsvangirai who has fought many battles to unseat Mugabe is believed to be a symbol for change in Zimbabwe's raod to democracy, according to the political analyst.
On Monday, Tsvangirai met cabinet ministers before the inurgural cabinet meeting Tuesday. Both Mugabe and Tsvangirai attended the Tuesday meeting.
Zimbabwe, once seen as a post-colonial success story, has been brought to its knees by the collapse of its economy marked by an inflation rate ranked the highest in the world.
The country's health infrastructure has also and more than 3 000 people have been killed by a cholera outbreak in recent weeks.
Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe since 18 April 1980 but was beaten into second place by Tsvangirai in a first-round presidential election in March last year.
Tsvangirai subsequently pulled out of the run-off after scores of his supporters were killed and only agreed to enter the unity government after months of wrangling over the division of powers (ZimEye, Zimbabwe)