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Independent Member of Parliament Jonathan Moyo missed the official opening of parliament in 2005 reportedly because he was on an Air Zimbabwe flight that made an emergency landing in Johannesburg.

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Movement for Democratic Change Members of Parliament from Matabeleland- Moses Mzila-Ncube, Thokozani Khupe and Abednico Bhebhe- together with members of civil society told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell just before the 2005 parliamentary elections that the MDC was going to win in Matabeleland but added that support for the party stemmed primarily from opposition to the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front more than the appeal of any MDC platform.

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While there was no information that organised groups coerced victims into forced labour or prostitution in Zimbabwe, police had discovered a migrant smuggling syndicate involving Air Zimbabwe employees.

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Monica Chinamasa, wife of Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, told a United States embassy contact that Speaker of Parliament Emmerson Mnangagwa had beaten Joice Mujuru in the initial provincial committee votes for the post of vice-president of the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front at the 2004 congress but President Robert Mugabe had rejected the results.

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The International Air Transport Association suspended Air Zimbabwe nearly 10 years ago, preventing ticketing on other airlines, pending the payment of US$1.3 million.

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Central bank governor Gideon Gono told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that he was responsible for Information Minister Jonathan Moyo’s demise.

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Air Zimbabwe was so crippled by the fuel shortages that hit the country in 2003 that on one occasion the national airline told its passengers bound for Bulawayo and Victoria Falls that the plane had no fuel when they were already on board.

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Pearson Mbalekwa, one of the Zimbabwe African national Union-Patriotic Front legislators who broke away from the party amid speculation that he would form another with Information Minister Jonathan Moyo with the backing of and ZANU-PF politburo member Emmerson Mnangagwa, described Mnangagwa as Zimbabwe’s Gorbachev.

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The United States showed why it was interested in Zimbabwe when the Movement for Democratic Change launched a week-long anti-government protest aimed at forcing President Robert Mugabe out of office.

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Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front secretary for Information Nathan Shamuyarira was reported to have scored another victory against Information Minister Jonathan Moyo, described by the United States embassy as “rabidly anti-Western”, by forcing the ministry to admit 13 British journalists to cover the English cricket team’s tour of Zimbabwe.

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