Trevor Ncube’s Third Way

Zimbabwean publisher Trevor Ncube told United States embassy officials on 30 August 2007 that he was so thoroughly disgusted by the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and the Movement for Democratic Change that he believed that only a third way political force could take the country forward.

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MDC in dilemma

It was not only the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front that was facing a crisis at the end of 2004 because of the so-called Dinyane debacle in which some party members including former Information Minister Jonathan Moyo were allegedly involved in plotting a “smart coup”, but the main opposition Movement for democratic Change was in a dilemma too.

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Teachers reinstated

The Ministry of Education had ordered that all teachers and staff evicted from Zimbabwe’s Anglican mission schools by pro-Mugabe renegade bishop Norbert Kunonga, who is loyal to President Robert Mugabe,…

Masiyiwa Wikileaks cables update

We have now uploaded 21 cables on exiled Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa as part of our weekend special. There are 57 cables that mention his name according to our initial…

Masiyiwa and Chanakira take over Daily News

Zimbabwe’s two most successful entrepreneurs, Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless and Nigel Chanakira of Kingdom Financial Holdings, had created a holding company, the Independent Media Group, that had bought controlling shares in Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe, the parent company of the Daily News.

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