Posts by Charles Rukuni

The Minister of Labour Paurina Gwanyanya Mpariwa was planning to investigate breaches of Zimbabwean labour laws by one of the diamond miners at Marange, Canadile.

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Former Midlands governor Cephas Msipa told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that a large number of the rank and file in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front wanted President Robert Mugabe to be replaced but they were afraid to oppose him.

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Movement for Democratic Change Bulawayo legislator David Coltart said former Finance Minister Simba Makoni might emerge as the compromise candidate to succeed President Robert Mugabe because of the infighting within the party.

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Although Labour Minister Paurina Gwanyanya Mpariwa was a competent and impressive leader she was going to have a tough time because her ministry was “infested” with intelligence operatives who had been spying on the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions.

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Former trade unionist Paurina Gwanyanya Mpariwa was appointed Minister of Labour and Social Welfare in the inclusive government becoming one of the 20 cabinet ministers from the Movement for Democratic Change.

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A diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks shows that former journalist Sydney Masamvu was on the United States Agency for International Development payroll when he left the International Crisis Group to join the Institute for Democracy in South Africa.

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Former Minister of Information Jonathan Moyo told former journalist Sydney Masamvu that he was disappointed by Emmerson Mnangagwa’s lack of political courage and skill and believed that he would be outplayed by the Mujurus.

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United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell said the shift on the succession debate from Joie Mujuru and Emmerson Mnangagwa to technocrats like Simba Makoni and Gideon Gono was a sign that the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front was becoming increasingly aware of its lack of popular appeal and its need for external support it if was to reverse Zimbabwe’s economic collapse.

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The vice-president of the Commercial Farmers Union Trevor Gifford told United States embassy officials that commercial farmers were going to remain political footballs in the power struggle between President Robert Mugabe’s potential successors.

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Eddison Zvobgo Junior told United States embassy officials that President Robert Mugabe had no intention of leaving office but the security of his tenure depended on the continued loyalty of the warring Joice Mujuru and Emmerson Mnangagwa factions.

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