US embassy’s assessment of Mugabe’s new ministers

October 19, 2012

Do you know who Webster Shamu, Josiah Tungamirai, Shadreck Chipanga, Cain Mathema, David Chapfika, Andrew Langa or Ambrose Mutinhiri are?…

Did Shamu own Exor?

October 19, 2012

Riot police had to intervene when fuel station attendants at Exor instructed motorists to go and buy coupons to obtain…

Shamu forced black farmer off his land

October 19, 2012

Webster Shamu instructed Phil Matibe, who was challenging him for the Chegutu seat in the 2000 parliamentary elections, to withdraw…

Why the US wanted a UN Security Council meeting on Zimbabwe

October 18, 2012

The United States pushed for Zimbabwe to be included on the United Nations Security Council agenda before the June 2008…

United opposition unlikely

October 18, 2012

Significant differences between Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai and independent presidential candidate Simba Makoni showed that there was…

Mugabe so unpopular that he needs 250 000 to campaign for him

October 18, 2012

A former legislator for Chimanimani Michael Mataure told United States embassy officials in February 2001 that President Robert Mugabe had…

Shamu said there would be civil war if ZANU-PF did not win

October 18, 2012

Webster Shamu said there was going to be civil war in Zimbabwe if the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front did…

Embassy said Webster Shamu was a womaniser

October 18, 2012

Webster Shamu, who was known as Charles Ndlovu at the time, was a womaniser and a heavy drinker though he…

MDC had lost hope in SADC

October 17, 2012

Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s foreign policy and security advisor Stuart Doran told United States embassy officials in…

Mauritius said allowing Mugabe to run unopposed would be a disaster

October 17, 2012

The Prime Minister of Mauritius Navinchandra Ramgoolam said statements by Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai that he would…