Former Glen Norah legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga was elected one of the top women in the Arthur-Mutambara faction of the Movement for Democratic Change at its first congress.
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United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell described former Movement for Democratic Change deputy secretary Gift Chimanikire as uninspiring and not well-regarded.
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Manicaland was a hotbed of opposition to President Robert Mugabe because of the several sins he had committed against the people of the province and his shifting of power to Mashonaland at the expense of Manicaland.
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John Nkomo, who was national chairman at the time and was regarded a close Mugabe ally, reportedly approached African National Congress of South Africa secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe for help to ease President Robert Mugabe out of power.
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Clerk of Parliament Austin Zvoma was forced to terminate the United States government funded support to Zimbabwe’s parliament which was being channelled through the State University of New York.
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John Nkomo is one of the political survivors from the former Zimbabwe African People’s Union. His rise within the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front has always been viewed with suspicion. He was reportedly too close to President Robert Mugabe. Rumours even said he was related to Mugabe through his brother Albert. Despite all the odds he rose first to national chairman and then vice-president of the party, the highest post any former ZAPU official has ever held. There are about 130 Wikileaks cables on him. Here are the first 102.
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Former Glen Norah legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga said Chinese merchants were fuelling the currency black market and were using the Chinese embassy’s diplomatic pouch to send their earnings back home.
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A United States congressional staffer asked leaders of the Movement for Democratic Change seven years ago a question that they could not answer and remains unanswered today.
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The South African government was opposed to the extension of President Robert Mugabe’s term of office from 2008 to 2010 the United States’ South African embassy contact Sydney Masamvu told officials after meeting African National Congress secretary-general Kgalema Motlanthe.
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A United States government funded programme for Zimbabwe’s parliamentarians reportedly had an impact in exposing corruption by parliamentary committees, former United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell said.
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