The leader of the smaller faction of the Movement for Democratic Change Arthur Mutambara said although founding MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai deserved a place of honour in the fight for democracy, he had become a “little Mugabe”.
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Former Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front politburo member Dumiso Dabengwa, now leader of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union, was the biggest loser from the violence that erupted in Bulawayo in November 2001 and saw the offices of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change being razed in a fire and his colleague Sikhanyiso Ndlovu’s college being gutted by fire.
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Former army commander Solomon Mujuru and Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front political commissar Sikhanyiso Ndlovu ordered war veterans leader Joseph Chinotimba and his militia to stay away from the Bulawayo mayoral elections campaign, according to a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks.
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Bulawayo legislator David Coltart who had refused to be aligned to any of the factions when the Movement for Democratic Change split praised the entry of the former student leader into politics saying he was untainted by the split and was one of Zimbabwe’s brightest sons.
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The killing by police of 34 miners at Marikana in North West, South Africa, never ceases to amaze me. But what is more baffling is the way the mainline media has handled the whole case.
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Emmerson Mnangagwa is one of the most feared people in Zimbabwe. Once described as the Son of God because he was believed to be the logical successor of President Robert Mugabe, his political star has been rising and falling over the past three decades. He is still considered a presidential contender and is reported to have been virtually running the country since 2008 through the joint operations command. He is reported to be unpopular within the party but he is so powerful that no one really knows how true this is. There are 194 cables on him. Here they are:
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African Consolidated Resources boss Andrew Cranswick, who claimed that the Marange diamond claims belonged to his company, told diplomats in Harare that Mines Minister Obert Mpofu had forged documents to indicate that ACR’s claims were in an area alleged to have been previously reserved by the government for gold mining.
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Movement for Democratic Change legislator Tendai Biti told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that he hammered out an amicable divorce with former secretary-general Welshman Ncube when they met in court and the judge failed to show up.
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The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority has got it right at last. It has introduced pre-paid billing whereby consumers buy power in advance.
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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai said the South African government was behind the MDC split of 2005 and may have supported a Welshman Ncube-Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front deal.
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