Minister of Finance Tendai Biti and then Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma said the Movement for Democratic Change was ready for elections and even if there was a repeat of the 2008 violence and intimidation the MDC would win the elections.
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Former British Minister for Africa admitted in parliament that Zimbabwe had a history of violence though President Robert Mugabe’s government had gone a notch higher and “specialised in stealing..elections by violence”
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That was the question United States embassy officials asked eight years ago. It can still be asked today.
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The tourism sector whose revenue tumbled from US$140 million in 1999 to US$44 million five years later, held Zimbabwe’s most rapid rebound potential, according to the United States embassy.
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A former British Minister for Africa Peter Hain this week called on the European Union to impose sanctions on Anjin, a joint venture diamond mining company in Marange in which a Chinese and a Zimbabwean company have a stake.
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Special Affairs Minister John Nkomo who was in charge of land redistribution at the time told a visiting International Monetary Fund delegation that he wanted to prepare a register of all farm occupants and end multiple farm holdings.
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Britain and the European Union have no intention of lifting sanctions on President Robert, British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Alistair Burt said on Tuesday.
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Elton Mangoma, a chartered accountant who has worked for some of the country’s biggest companies, was a founding member of the Movement for Democratic Change. He is the party’s deputy treasurer and currently Minister of Energy. Prior to the formation of the inclusive government, Mangoma was reported to be eyeing the post of Finance Minister. He was the MDC-T’s other negotiator with Finance Minister Tendai Biti. Though said to be a close advisor of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, there were whispers that Mangoma was really former General Solomon Mujuru’s man. There are 43 Wikileaks cables on him. Here they are.
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Movement for Democratic Change negotiator Elton Mangoma told United States embassy officials that agreement between the MDC and the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front was inevitable but one of the sticking points was the duration of the transitional government.
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