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Zimbabweans were more positive about the future after the formation of the inclusive government and credited Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change for the economic improvements.

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Finance Minister Tendai Biti was named by Euromoney Emerging Markets the Best Finance Minister in Africa.

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Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told United States embassy officials three years ago that although there were different interpretations of sanctions and their effect on the country there was no argument about the need to end sanctions.

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The Zimbabwe African National Union adopted a leadership code which would have curbed corruption, and even prevented some of those aspiring for wealth not to go into politics. But like everything else in Zimbabwe it was never implemented in full. In fact, it appears, ZANU-PF leaders are using the code to do exactly the opposite of what it prohibits.

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Former Economic Planning Minister Elton Mangoma said Zimbabweans must rely on themselves to find a solution to problems in the country because the Southern African Development Community was largely ineffective.

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Former South African President Thabo Mbeki told Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai that Zimbabwe’s political crisis had to be solved by Zimbabweans and should not be externally dictated.

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Some elements of the Central Intelligence Organisation were keeping Emmerson Mnangagwa, then Speaker of Parliament, a step ahead of his adversaries, Movement for Democratic Change senior officials Welshman Ncube and Paul Themba Nyathi told United States embassy officials.

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Finance Minister Tendai Biti, who is also the secretary-general of the Movement for Democratic Change, will fail just like Welshman Ncube, if he tries to take over the leadership of the party from Morgan Tsvangirai, a senior researcher with the Institute of Security Studies Takawira Musavengana told diplomats in Pretoria.

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The heat is over. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has settled his bill with his traditional wife Locardia Karimatsenga. But one question remains unanswered. What was Locardia’s maintenance claim based on?

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Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa was sent a parcel bomb in February 2004 but apparently he was out of the country at the time and the parcel bomb which was received by his secretary was defused by the police.

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