French views about Zimbabwe were totally different from those of the Americans and they thought the British were obsessed with President Robert Mugabe and vice-versa.
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United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell brushed off reports about the rift between Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai and secretary-general Welshman Ncube nine months before the party split.
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Our book: How to Buy a House for half the price was featured in the July-August issue of Destiny Man magazine which is celebrating its third anniversary.
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History has a funny way of repeating itself. This was the situation the Movement for Democratic Change faced eight years ago as the 2005 parliamentary elections approached.
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Saviour Kasukuwere was one of the young barons that entered into Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front politics when he was elected to parliament in 2000. He was profiting from ZANU-PF’s indigenisation programme and took advantage of the shortage of fuel that hit the country shortly after the country’s foreign currency dried up. According to Wikileaks he was an admirer of Youth Development Minister Border Gezi who also came from Mashonaland Central and now fills his shoes as Youth Minister. Kasukuwere has been making headlines because of the government’s indigenisation policy. There are 27 cables on him. Here they are.
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Youth and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere announced indigenisation regulations which said any business with an asset value of US$500 000 must submit its indigenisation implementation plan to his ministry within 45 days from 1 March 2010.
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Uzumba-Pfungwe legislator Simba Mudarikwa told United States embassy officials that the government’s indigenisation programme which was being spearheaded by Youth and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere benefitted nobody but those who were already wealthy.
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The United States embassy described Youth and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s call for indigenisation a scare which it said would not be implemented as long as the Movement for Democratic Change was in government.
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