Newly elected Buhera Member of Parliament Eric Matinenga was released after five days in jail. The magistrate dismissed charges that he paid Movement for Democratic Change youths to perpetrate violence against ZANU-PF supporters.
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The government had drawn up a target list of newly elected Movement for Democratic Change Members of Parliament whom it was to arrest in an intimidation campaign in the run-up to the presidential elections run off.
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The United States embassy said the government had dispossessed 4 000 white farmers of their land leaving only 500 who had entered into arrangements or accommodations with prominent black Zimbabweans but hardliners within the government had started attacking these indigenous dealmakers.
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Minister of Lands, Agriculture, and Rural Resettlement, Joseph Made, announced that two farms in each province would be set aside “for utilization by graduates of the National Youth Training” programme.
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The central bank was turning a blind eye to exporters who were refusing to surrender 50 percent of their export earnings to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe at the official exchange rate which was one-seventh of the market rate.
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Hardliners Joseph Made, Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Chinamasa were left out of the talks between the bishops of Manicaland and President Robert Mugabe to promote dialogue with the Movement for Democratic Change because they would have attempted to sabotage any dialogue, the United States embassy said.
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President Robert Mugabe’s nephew Leo Mugabe was arrested on 20 October 2005 on charges of illegally exporting 30 tonnes of flour worth US$8.3 million at the official rate to Mozambique.
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The second treason charges under which Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai was charged with inciting mass demonstrations to overthrow President Robert Mugabe were withdrawn.
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The future of the Daily News remained unclear after the Supreme Court reserved its judgement on the paper’s challenge that some of the provisions of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act under which it was banned in September 2003 were unconstitutional.
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