Mnangagwa linked to third force

A former Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front legislator Pearson Mbalekwa, who had resigned from the ruling party, said Emmerson Mnangagwa was linked to the third force that he and others including independent Member of Parliament Jonathan Moyo, who had been fired from the party, intended to form.

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The complete Welshman Ncube Wikileaks dossier

Welshman Ncube was the second most powerful person within the Movement for Democratic Change when the party was formed in 1999. His political star, however, began to fade when he led a splinter group in 2005 that insisted that the party should contest the senate elections. A constitutional expert, Ncube may have been right in principle, but the move backfired. Though he allowed Arthur Mutambara to lead the party until he took over, the MDC that Ncube now leads only commands 10 seats in Parliament. It could even lose those seats to either his main rival Morgan Tsvangirai or the resuscitated Zimbabwe African People’s Union led by Dumiso Dabengwa. There are 207 Wikileaks cables on him. Here they are.

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