A member of the Movement for Democratic Change who was arrested, detained and tortured together with legislator Job Sikhala said one of his interrogators, who was visibly drunk, urinated on him and forced him to lie naked in a puddle of urine with a metal bucket over his head as shocks were administered.
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Movement for Democratic Change Member of Parliament Paul Madzore was arrested by police on 12 January 2003 for allegedly assaulting two police officers and was beaten while in custody.
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The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front was working secretly on a new piece of legislation that would seal plans for President Robert Mugabe’s succession by recreating the post of Prime Minister for Emmerson Mnangagwa.
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Central bank governor Gideon Gono told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that vice-President Joyce Mujuru had at one time exploded to President Robert Mugabe complaining about perceived slights and asserting her independence from her husband Solomon “Rex” Mujuru.
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Dzikamai Mavhaire, an ally of Eddison Zvobgo and one of the Masvingo kingpins, was brought in to the senate in 2005 probably to divide the Karanga support for Emmerson Mnangagwa who was at the time the main rival of President Robert Mugabe’s heir apparent Joice Mujuru.
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Sekai Holland has been one of the most outspoken and controversial leaders of the Movement for Democratic Change. Even the United States embassy admitted that she was a difficult character. Born Sekai Hove, Holland was the daughter of veteran journalist and nationalist Mike Masotsha Hove, one of the first blacks to be elected to Parliament in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. There are 12 cables on her and here they are:
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Sekai Holland, one of the most outspoken leaders of the Movement for Democratic Change, was included in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s first cabinet in the inclusive government when she was appointed a Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office.
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Pearson Mbalekwa, the only visible member of the United People’s Movement, said Emmerson Mnangagwa was quietly behind the group but would not comment on plans for Mnangagwa’s association to be publicly disclosed.
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Presidential hopeful Emmerson Mnangagwa was playing his cards to his chest and was lying low after the 2004 Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front congress which saw Joice Mujuru being elevated to vice-president.
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Movement for Democratic Change officials Grace Kwinje and Sekai Holland were released after a High Court judge ordered police to release their travel papers and they flew to Johannesburg for treatment.
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