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While most Zimbabweans are perpetually whining about poverty in their country, a British Member of Parliament yesterday described Zimbabwe as “probably the richest and most resourced country” in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Nathan Shamuyarira, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front spokesman and close ally of President Robert Mugabe, told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Joseph Sullivan way back in 2003 that Mugabe was ready to retire any time even before the end of his term but he wanted a dignified exit.

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National Constitutional Assembly chairman Lovemore Madhuku organised a stay-away to protest against Operation Restore Order (Murambatsvina) through the Broad Alliance, which was reportedly a grouping of civic organisations and opposition parties including the Movement for Democratic Change.

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Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo supported President Robert Mugabe during the early years of the Zimbabwe crisis because he believed that he owed a debt to Mugabe.

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National Constitutional Assembly chairman Lovemore Madhuku predicted that the Movement for Democratic Change would not win more than 50 seats in the 2005 parliamentary elections because of institutionalised unfairness.

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Can’t believe it? I couldn’t believe it either. But according to ABSA’s Housing Review for the second quarter of 2013, Johannesburg Central and South have the cheapest houses in the mid-segment category in South Africa.

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The United States was so upset by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to Australian Prime Minister John Howard recommending the lifting of Commonwealth sanctions on Zimbabwe that it said the letter read like a press release from Zimbabwe’s propaganda chief Jonathan Moyo.

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Britain will play an active role in ensuring fair elections in Zimbabwe, which a British peer said were scheduled for September, the parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Lord Astor of Hever said yesterday.

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South Africa’s ambassador to Zimbabwe Jeremiah Ndou told United States ambassador Joseph Sullivan on 27 October 2003 that President Robert Mugabe had told United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan that he was “ready to leave office soon” but backtracked because of internal ZANU-PF differences over his succession.

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French-born Christian Allard, who supported President Robert Mugabe’s land reform programme, was sworn in as a member of the Scottish parliament yesterday.

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