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A five-minute video simulating a hostage situation of prominent Zimbabweans which was posted on YouTube and ended with the beheading of a cardboard cut-out of central bank governor Gideon Go0no after a litany of charges against him were raised, found its way onto the Wikileaks cables.

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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono and First Lady Grace Mugabe wanted to delay the inauguration of the inclusive government and marginalise Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

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Central bank governor Gideon Gono had ambitious plans after the disputed parliamentary elections of March 2008, according to a cable just released by Wikileaks.

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The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front which had agreed that President Robert Mugabe should step down after his defeat in the 29 March 2008 elections changed its mind the very day Mugabe was expected to concede defeat because the Movement for Democratic Change refused to accommodate him for another six months.

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President Robert Mugabe was prepared to concede defeat after the 2008 elections and sent “emissaries” to Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai to discuss security and to negotiate a government of national unity that would include his Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front.

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Political commentator and former publisher of the Mirror newspapers group Ibbo Mandaza was the public voice of former army Commander Solomon Mujuru, United States embassy officials said in a cable released by Wikileaks.

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President Robert Mugabe named Emmerson Mnangagwa as his successor just before the crucial extra-ordinary party congress in 2007 and told his Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front colleagues that he would step down after winning the elections in 2008.

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Econet boss Strive Masiyiwa, Eton Capital executive and former Barclays Bank managing director Isaac Takawira, Triumph Venture Capital chief executive Wellington Chadehumbe and Johnnic Communications executive Jethro Goko have now been identified as the four exiled Zimbabwean businessmen who floated the idea of trying to ease President Robert Mugabe out way back in 2007 and replace him with a technocratic Prime Minister.

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Former Zimbabwean journalist Sydney Masamvu who had become a key United States embassy contact said central bank governor Gideon Gono had become a major contender in the succession battle because he had bought the support of the key military and intelligence officials through his control of foreign exchange.

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Former Finance Minister Simba Makoni said six years ago Zimbabweans were very good at planning but very poor at implementing which made one wonder whether they were ready to do anything to extricate themselves from their predicament.

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