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Information Minister Jonathan Moyo on 25 June announced that the government would soon prohibit non-governmental organisations, churches, and aid agencies from conducting voter education campaigns.

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Former Defence Forces chief Vitalis Zvinavashe made headlines in January 2002 when he held a press conference at which he said the security forces would not support or salute anyone with a different agenda that threatened the very existence of Zimbabwe’s sovereignty, the country and its people.

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We are slowly getting there. We now have 400 cables on our website out of the nearly 3 000. It is a long journey but we will get there.

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The Movement for Democratic Change won the Masvingo mayoral seat when its candidate Alois Chaimiti beat the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front candidate Jacob Chademana, but Information Minister Jonathan Moyo brushed off the victory saying the council was still in the hands of ZANU-PF.

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Former Information Minister Jonathan Moyo was so despised in the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front that he would never be anything more than “President Mugabe’s man”.

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The United States did not vote at the recent Kimberley Process Plenary in Kinshasa allowing the ban on exports of Marange diamonds to be lifted but it still does not allow the trade of those diamonds in its territory because of sanctions on the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation which is a partner with Mbada and owns Marange Resources.

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Only 35 percent of the people in Zimbabwe believe that there is media freedom in the country according to a worldwide survey conducted Gallup.

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Information Minister Jonathan Moyo was slowly muzzling the press but his approach was quite sophisticated and could in the long run be more effective than simply destroying the printing presses of the Daily News.

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The Movement for Democratic Change has challenged a decree by President Robert Mugabe prohibiting the nullification of the election of any Member of Parliament.

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Information Minister Jonathan Moyo was friends with then Judge President Godfrey Chidyausiku and United States embassy officials speculated as early as January 2001 that as an ardent supporter of President Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Chidyausiku could become chief justice because of the “tireless lobbying” by Moyo.

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