The government on 29 August 2008 lifted the ban on non-governmental organisations which it imposed on 4 June but it said all NGOs would now be required to provide information on a form called the monitoring and evaluation instrument.
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The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front represented by Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Public Service Minister Nicholas Goche began talks with the two factions of the Movement for Democratic Change but MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai insisted that negotiations between the two parties would not resume until certain conditions had been met.
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Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Nicholas Goche on 4 June suspended all field operations of non-governmental organisations until further notice claiming that a number were in breach of the terms and conditions of their registration.
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State Security Minister Nicholas Goche ordered a non-governmental organisation CARE to suspend its operations accusing its staff of meddling in political activities in the run-up to the presidential elections run-off in 2008.
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The Morgan Tsvangirai faction of the Movement for Democratic Change on 15 October 2006 suspended the member of Parliament for Mabvuku, Timothy Mubawu in connection with the attack on the pro-senate faction member Trudy Stevenson as well as his sexist remarks in Parliament.
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Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo is probably one of the longest serving ministers in that portfolio. He was exposed by his wife as one of the richest people in the country when she wanted her share of the property when they divorced. There are 63 cables on Chombo and here is the complete list.
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The United States yesterday effectively banned diamonds from Marange by adding two mining companies there, Marange Resources and Mbada Diamonds, onto its sanctions list.
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All 19 Movement for Democratic Change councillors in Mutare resigned on 4 January 2006, paving way for Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo to appoint an acting council of Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front loyalists to run the city.
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President Robert Mugabe had a 20-minute shouting match with the United Nations under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief coordinator Jan Egeland over Operation Murambatsvina but in his public remarks Egeland was relatively upbeat about his meeting with Mugabe and claimed good relations between Zimbabwe and the UN.
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