Posts by Charles Rukuni

Joseph Made has been Minister of Agriculture on and off since 2000 when he was appointed to President Robert Mugabe’s government as one of the technocrats meant to revive the country’s economy. But Made has been accused of destroying the country’s agriculture. The question that remains unanswered up to today is why Mugabe has kept him up to now. Could Wikileaks provide the answers? According to Wikileaks Made spent 17 years in the United States and the dissertation for his PhD was on land reform. Does he know more than we are told? There are more than 80 cables on him. Here is the first batch.

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Trade and Industry Minister Nkosana Moyo told dinner guests at his home from both the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and the Movement for Democratic Change that land and Agriculture Minister Joseph made was incompetent.

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The Prime Minister and Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai has fought for democracy in Zimbabwe since he became secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions in the 1980s. It was in that role that he was catapulted to the MDC. He has the highest number of Wikileaks cables released on Zimbabwe, more than 800. But whether it was for better or worse, only the public can decide. Here are the first 202.

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Former Finance Minister Simba Makoni, whom the United States embassy described as a potential president, insisted that a future government in Zimbabwe could return up to 40 percent of white farmers to a portion of their land.

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South Africa’s ambassador to Zimbabwe Jeremiah Ndou told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Joseph Sullivan that the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front did not expect the Movement for Democratic Change to ever win an election or govern the country because of its lack of lack of liberation credentials.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai wrote to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell briefing him about the state of affairs in Zimbabwe towards the end of 2003.

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Lands Minister Joseph Made told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald that Zimbabwe was going to ask Britain to pay for the five million hectares of land that the government wanted to acquire as had been agreed at Lancaster House.

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The Untied States embassy described Joseph Made as a hardliner who was going to take an uncompromising stance on land redistribution when he was appointed Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement in 2000.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai was against a transition with shared authority because he was afraid that joint management could yield joint failure.

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