Supporters of Masvingo ZANU-PF “supremo” Eddison Zvobgo boycotted provincial party elections claiming that they were a “sham”, allowing supporters of Masvingo governor Josiah Hungwe, who was an ally of President Robert Mugabe and Vice-President Simon Muzenda to be elected unopposed.
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Former Masvingo politburo member Eddison Zvobgo was forced out of the ruling party’s supreme body to protect Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ascendancy, political commentator Brian Raftopoulos said.
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An advisor to the Movement for Democratic Change candidate for the Bikita West by-election told United States embassy officials that the violence in the constituency in the run-up to the elections was a reflection of a larger conflict between the Karanga and the Zezuru ethnic groups.
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The deputy editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, Iden Wetherell, told United States embassy officials that he did not see anyone in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front with the stature or backing to challenge President Robert Mugabe, or even form a lasting government should Mugabe step down.
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Former Masvingo Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front provincial supremo Eddison Zvobgo had a serious drinking problem and this could have contributed to his demotion in the March 1988 cabinet reshuffle, a cable released by Wikileaks says.
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The Movement for Democratic Change gave the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front an easy victory in Seke raising the number of seats the ruling party held to 67, just two seats short of giving it a two-thirds majority that would enable the party to change the constitution.
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A British journalist, Paul Dacre, who is the editor-in-chief of the Daily Mirror group, which runs the most viewed website in the world, is now frequently referred to as Paul Mugabe Dacre.
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Eddison Zvobgo was one of the most powerful politicians in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. That was until he began to challenge corruption within the party, and the fact that President Robert Mugabe had overstayed. He was also one of the party’s chief legal draftsmen and is reported to have regretted creating the executive presidency. He had fallen out with Mugabe when he died but remained within the party till his death. Here are the cables on him including a few on his son.
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The death of Eddison Zvobgo, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front legislator for Masvingo South and a veteran nationalist, had left a void within the ruling ZANU-PF which was difficult to fill, United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Joseph Sullivan said.
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The hospitalisation of Masvingo legislator Eddison Zvobgo in October 2003 halted Parliament’s ability to pass bills for several weeks as he was chairman of the crucial Parliamentary Legal Committee.
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