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Sekai Holland, one of the most outspoken leaders of the Movement for Democratic Change, was included in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s first cabinet in the inclusive government when she was appointed a Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office.

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Pearson Mbalekwa, the only visible member of the United People’s Movement, said Emmerson Mnangagwa was quietly behind the group but would not comment on plans for Mnangagwa’s association to be publicly disclosed.

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Presidential hopeful Emmerson Mnangagwa was playing his cards to his chest and was lying low after the 2004 Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front congress which saw Joice Mujuru being elevated to vice-president.

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Movement for Democratic Change officials Grace Kwinje and Sekai Holland were released after a High Court judge ordered police to release their travel papers and they flew to Johannesburg for treatment.

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The European Union was banking on the Southern African Development Community to put pressure on Zimbabwe to honour its obligations under SADC agreements regarding good governance, rule of law, human rights and free elections.

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Two injured Movement for Democratic Change officials Grace Kwinje and Sekai Holland were barred from boarding a flight to Johannesburg for treatment.

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Retired general Solomon Mujuru played an uncharacteristically public role at the funeral of Josiah Tungamirai when he died in August 2005, raising questions as to whether the two were allies.

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The United States embassy said President Robert Mugabe has chosen Joyce Mujuru as vice-President in 2004 making her heir apparent and dumping Emmerson Mnangagwa who had been for years seen as his likely successor.

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The United States embassy said Emmerson Mnangagwa, who had been sidelined at the 2004 Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front congress, and his supporters had not yet conceded defeat and could use Operation Murambatsvina and the continuing economic failures to discredit the ZANU-PF leadership.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai asked the United States to press South Africa for genuine dialogue including a fixed time and designated results such as President Robert Mugabe’s exit and the formation of a transitional government.

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