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Finance Minister Tendai Biti was appointed to the diamonds committee in response to the concerns raised by the Kimberley Process which had barred the trade of rough diamonds from the Marange fields.

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Mines Minister Obert Mpofu had written to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme confirming that Zimbabwe would comply with the recommendations of the KP one of which was the elimination of military control over the Chiadzwa diamonds area.

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Mines Minister Obert Mpofu was denied a visa to the United Kingdom to attend the 6^th International Mining in Africa symposium where he was expected to give a key address.

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The Chiadzwa diamond fields hit the international news after a team of Canadian journalists visited the mine and interviewed Mines Minister Obert Mpofu and one of the people that said he had helped with the mass grave that the government continued to deny.

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Obert Mpofu has been one of the few political survivors from Matabeleland with a constituency of his own. He is also reported to be one of the richest men in the country though there are still questions about how he got his money. He is also reported to be thoroughly corrupt and has so far converted all Movement for Democratic Change politicians who have been appointed his deputies at the Ministry of Mines. There are just over 40 cables on him. Here is the first batch.

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Industry and International Minister Obert Mpofu introduced a ban on the export of all basic commodities saying industry had abused the government’s heavily subsidised Basic Commodity Supply Side Intervention (BACOSSI) facility by exporting output meant for the local market.

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Industry and International Trade Minister Obert Mpofu said the government owned Zimbabwe Development Corporation would take over private businesses engaged in economic sabotage.

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Emmerson Mnangagwa is one of the most feared people in Zimbabwe. Once described as the Son of God because he was believed to be the logical successor of President Robert Mugabe, his political star has been rising and falling over the past three decades. He is still considered a presidential contender and is reported to have been virtually running the country since 2008 through the joint operations command. He is reported to be unpopular within the party but he is so powerful that no one really knows how true this is. There are over 200 cables on him. Here are the first 50:

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The United States embassy complained about the expulsion of two members of the International Foundation for Election Systems arguing that they had been assured by Speaker of Parliament Emmerson Mnangagwa that Zimbabwe would welcome international observers.

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Speaker of Parliament Emmerson Mnangagwa told a visiting United States senate delegation that complaints that Zimbabwe’s voters’ roll was defective should not be an issue because this could easily be rectified.

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