Movement for Democratic change leader Morgan Tsvangirai asked Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa to convene an emergency meeting of the Southern African Development Community to discuss the security situation in Zimbabwe but Mwanawasa said he could not do so because there was a meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development the following week.
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The United States piled pressure on Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who was chairman of the Southern African Development Community, to show strong leadership on the crisis in Zimbabwe, following the indecisive 29 March 2008 elections.
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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai asked for only 30 minutes to brief Deputy Prime Minister Archibald Lehohla on the stalemate following the 29 March elections but he was given two hours according to Lesotho Foreign Minister Mohlabi Tsekoa.
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Debate about how Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front bigwigs from Masvingo are trying to cash in on the Save Valley Conservancy is not new but European countries are threatening to withhold aid over the issue. The debate about the Save Conservancy, the biggest private conservancy on the continent, has been going on for more than a decade. Like anything else, it is a fight for wealth, immense wealth. Here the Insider tries to bring the subject into perspective through what was written by the United States embassy in Harare up to 2010. There are 26 Wikileaks cables on the Save Valley Conservancy. Here they are:
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Environment Minister Francis Nhema told United States ambassador Charles Ray two years ago that the government had decided way back in 2000 that conservancy owners should look for local partners but Save Valley was the only one out of seven giving problems on indigenisation.
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Wildlife ranchers in the Save Valley Conservancy said that Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front insiders were attempting to create forced partnerships with them.
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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his delegation had to meet with Lesotho’s Deputy Prime Minister Archibald Lehohla after Prime Minister Pakalita Mosisili fell ill before the meeting raising questions as to whether the Lesotho leader was trying to avoid Tsvangirai.
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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai set 16 conditions to participate in the presidential election run-off with five of them labelled as dealbreakers.
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Several Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front politicians from Masvingo, most of them said to be affiliated to Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, were interested in a stake in the Save Valley Conservancy.
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Hunting had long been a source of ill-gotten revenue for members of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front elite and they were developing new hunting schemes to earn more foreign currency.
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