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Lands Minister Joseph Made told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald that Zimbabwe was going to ask Britain to pay for the five million hectares of land that the government wanted to acquire as had been agreed at Lancaster House.

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The Untied States embassy described Joseph Made as a hardliner who was going to take an uncompromising stance on land redistribution when he was appointed Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement in 2000.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai was against a transition with shared authority because he was afraid that joint management could yield joint failure.

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John Nkomo is one of the political survivors from the former Zimbabwe African People’s Union. His rise within the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front has always been viewed with suspicion. He was reportedly too close to President Robert Mugabe. Rumours even said he was related to Mugabe through his brother Albert. Despite all the odds he rose first to national chairman and then vice-president of the party, the highest post any former ZAPU official has ever held. There are about 130 Wikileaks cables on him. Here are the first 50.

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Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front national chairman John Nkomo together with secretary for information Nathan Shamuyarira arranged for bishops who were trying to mediate between ZANU-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change to meet President Robert Mugabe.

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The British political comedy, Yes Minister, was screened in Zimbabwe some years ago. The comedy featured Jim Hacker the Minister of Administrative Affairs, his permanent secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby and his private secretary Bernard Woolley.

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Lawyers for Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai called for his discharge concentrating on the two-witness rule which says that to convict someone on treason charges there must be at least two credible witnesses whose stories independently corroborate each other and describe an overt treason plot.

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United States President George Bush’s backing of South African President Thabo Mbeki as an honest broker who could handle the Zimbabwe crisis left Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai in the open.

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