Posts by Charles Rukuni

Foreign Minister Stan Mudenge said that the negative reporting on Zimbabwe by United Nations elements could lead to the collapse of the UN system in the country.

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Foreign Affairs Minister Stan Mudenge signed a memorandum of understanding on commerce, energy and mining with the Minister of Regional Cooperation for the Democratic Republic of Congo Mbusa Nyamwisi in 2004.

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The three principal parties to the inclusive government President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara agreed to oversee the constitution making process.

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A former civil servant and diplomat Stan Mudenge was Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister for 10 years before being demoted to Higher Education. He was a powerful negotiator but was always viewed a political lightweight overshadowed by Simon Muzenda, Eddison Zvobgo and Emmerson Mnangagwa. There are 22 Wikileaks cables on him. Here they are.

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President Robert Mugabe has been in power for 32 years. His first decade was blissful. He was the darling of the world. He received so many accolades that he ended up with 18 honorary degrees from all over the world. He was a statesman to emulate.

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Masvingo was a bastion of political cordiality with the mayor Alois Chaimiti of the Movement for Democratic Change boasting of constructive relations between his party and the local Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front.

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Trade Minister Welshman Ncube was appointed to the diamonds committee set up to respond to concerns by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme which barred diamonds from Marange from being traded on the open market.

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Movement for Democratic Change-Mutambara faction legislator Abednico Bhebhe said Arthur Mutambara’s leadership style was authoritative and reminiscent of President Robert Mugabe.

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Foreign Affairs Minister Stan Mudenge rapped Western governments for supporting the Movement for Democratic Change’s lawlessness and hooliganism at the expense of the government’s efforts to uphold the rule of law.

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A Nigerian diplomat told United States embassy officials in Abuja that President Robert Mugabe was brutally repressive and had at one time dispatched troops to violently quell such minor unrest as student strikes.

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