The inclusive government which brought together the Movement for Democratic Change and the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front three years ago will not collapse because Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai views its failure as a personal failure.
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The Minister of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Eric Matinenga said the success of the constitution making process depended on the sincerity and engagement of President Robert Robert Mugabe.
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Retired Judge Fergus Blackie was acquitted of a charge of trying to defeat the course of justice when the state prosecutor Florence Ziyambi withdrew the charge but did not state any reasons.
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United States ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGhee told Finance Minister Tendai Biti that the exit of central bank governor Gideon Gono and attorney-general Johannes Tomana from the scene was very important in assuring observers that Zimbabwe was serious about reform.
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The British government increased aid to Zimbabwe by 10 million pounds to bolster the Movement for Democratic Change when Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai visited the country four months after the formation of the inclusive government but British Prime Minister Gordon Brown questioned Tsvangirai’s ability to deliver on reforms and gave “clear instructions” to his ministers that additional support would not be released until there was more progress on the ground.
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Former Finance Minister Simba Makoni said the dismissal of Elias Mudzuri as mayor of Harare in April 2003 was the work of the Gang of Four- Ignatius Chombo, Joseph Made, Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Chinamasa.
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Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa told Commercial farmers Union president Colin Cloete that the CFU should make a public statement supporting the government’s efforts to force the British government to fund compensation for the land programme.
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Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa was said to be the stumbling block to the parliamentary reform programme that was funded by the United States government to bring about a more transparent and inclusive approach to law making, through the establishment of Parliamentary Committees.
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A Zimbabwean woman said to be a niece of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai made headlines when she tried to take over a 70-hectare farm owned by a white farmer in central Zimbabwe.
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The government through Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo decided to appoint metropolitan governors for Harare and Bulawayo to neutralise the influence of the Movement for Democratic Change which by 2002 already had five mayors.
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