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Independent Legislator Jonathan Moyo called for an international investigation into the operations of the United States Agency for International Development after the death of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wife, Susan, in a car accident which involved a USAID truck.

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Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Tendai Biti said party leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s idiocy was shocking as he had caved in to President Robert Mugabe and had surrendered all the key ministries to the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front.

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Air Zimbabwe paid senior staff a retention bonus of US$1 000- a fortune at the time because of the exchange rate that had gone haywire- in addition to their regular salaries and benefits, according to a senior aircraft engineer.

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Former Army commander Solomon Mujuru and his wife Vice-President Joice Mujuru supported a plan which would have seen President Robert Mugabe become ceremonial president, Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai become executive Prime Minister with Joice Mujuru as the only Vice-President.

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Ian Smith was probably the toughest colonial leader Zimbabwe ever had. Though he claimed that he was not a racist, first he kicked out his party leader Winston Field when he showed signs of trying to accommodate black nationalists. Then he declared independence from Britain in 1965, kicked out all blacks from white commercial farms and then declared Rhodesia a republic. He vowed that there would be no black rule in a thousand years. He later reduced this to “in his lifetime” when the guerrilla war intensified and South Africa put pressure on him. Smith never relented but died in 2007, some 27 years after Zimbabwe’s independence and black rule. He was a legislator for nearly 40 years. There are 32 cables that mention his name. Here they are:

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An Air Zimbabwe plane was forced to abort take off at Kamuzu International Airport on 8 May 2008 when two birds, flying about the runway, were reportedly sucked into one of its engines as the plane was about to take off.

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Publisher Trevor Ncube accused the Movement for Democratic Change of being arrogant during the political stalemate after the 2008 elections because it was not reaching out to others like Arthur Mutambara, Simba Makoni and Jonathan Moyo.

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Air Zimbabwe signed a contract with the Congolese airline, Lignes Ariennes Congolaises, to fly from Kinshasa to both Dubai and Brussels in April 2008.

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