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Econet boss, Strive Masiyiwa, who was one of the advisors of Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai told United States embassy officials on 27 February, a month before the crucial 2008 elections, that the MDC did not have a clear plan for the “day after” the election.

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Four Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Members of Parliament who were affiliated to the Solomon Mujuru camp voted for the Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai candidate for speaker, Lovemore Moyo, United States ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGhee said.

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Exiled Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa promised the Movement for Democratic Change an initial contribution of US$25 000 for their election campaign in 2008 but the money had not been deposited into the MDC account when treasurer Roy Bennett met United States embassy officials on 4 January 2008.

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Movement for Democratic Change chairman Lovemore Moyo was elected Speaker of Parliament by 110 votes to 98 to beat Paul Themba Nyathi of the smaller faction of the MDC, raising questions as to who had voted for him because his party had 98 members and the smaller faction 10.

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The United States funded former South African President Thabo Mbeki’s failed African National Congress election campaign because it did not want Jacob Zuma to become South African president.

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United States embassy officials in Harare wrote off a victory by the Movement for Democratic Change in the 2008 elections because of internal strife within the party but at the same time they also said a third way which had been suggested by businessmen like Strive Masiyiwa or a military coup were unlikely.

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Movement for Democratic Change chairman Lovemore Moyo was brought into the party’s negotiating team when the talks between President Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African national Union-Patriotic Front and the MDC reached a stalemate in July 2008.

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Businessman Strive Masiyiwa was so confident that change would come to Zimbabwe by December 2007 that he prepared a Zimbabwe Economic Recovery Plan with exiled Zimbabwean economists and other businessmen to speed up the country’s economic recovery.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, in his 30 May 2008 State of the Nation address to MDC MPs, outlined his “Restore Hope Campaign” and reminded his MPs that they now controlled the House of Assembly.

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Former journalist Sydney Masamvu told South African government officials that exiled businessman Strive Masiyiwa was a strong neutral candidate acceptable to both the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and the Movement for Democratic Change.

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