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There was short-lived relief when Information Minister Jonathan Moyo and Special Affairs Minister John Nkomo appeared to differ on the nationalisation of land eight years ago, but the operations director of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Vitalis Chadenga put the record straight when he said only compulsorily acquired wildlife land would be leased for 25 years.

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President Robert Mugabe agreed to a government of national unity shortly after winning the 2002 presidential elections so long as Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai was not included in it.

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National Constitutional Assembly head Lovemore Madhuku said Movement for Democratic Change president Morgan Tsvangirai made commitments but did not follow them through but the major problem was that he and his secretary general Welshman Ncube often differed so he did not know what the party was likely to do.

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President Robert Mugabe must now begin to chart a new and different vision for Zimbabwe compared to the one he rammed through the nation for two decades, no matter how late.

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National Constitutional Assembly leader Lovemore Madhuku asked Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai what was the purpose of contesting elections: to stay in parliament or to win power?

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After witnessing thousands of its supporters being barred from voting in the 2002 presidential poll, the Movement for Democratic Change decided that some of its leaders must leave the country to carry on the struggle but secretary-general Welshman Ncube was arrested near the border with Botswana.

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National Constitutional Assembly President Lovemore Madhuku told United States embassy officials that it was increasingly becoming difficult to organise protest marches because about 80 percent of those “in the front row” of the NCA marches in the run up to the constitutional conference in 2000 had left the country.

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African diplomats felt that the Movement for Democratic Change was not qualified to take over the reins of power in the run-up to the 2002 presidential elections despite the political hankerings of the Zimbabwean people.

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National Constitutional Assembly leader Lovemore Madhuku was severely beaten when police violently dispersed an NCA demonstration nearly 10 years ago but he refused to be taken to hospital because he was afraid the authorities would come after him again.

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