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Harare magistrate Gloria Takundwa ruled that Jestina Mukoko and FidelisChiramba should remain at Avenues Clinic for examination and treatment until both the prison doctor and their own doctors deemed them fit to return to Chikurubi prison.

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Tendai Biti, who had been fighting against the formation of inclusive government since the signing of the Global Political Agreement on 15 September 2008, was named the country’s Minister of Finance and described his job as the worst in the world.

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The leader of the smaller faction of the Movement for Democratic Change Arthur Mutambara told world business leaders that they must now listen to Zimbabweans and all the sceptics must now shut up and support what the Zimbabweans wanted.

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Despite the apprehension and uncertainty that surrounded the national referendum on Zimbabwe’s new constitution, more than three million people voted for the new constitution and less than 200 000 against it.

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The case of Jestina Mukoko dragged on with her lawyers pushing for her release while they waited for a hearing in the Supreme Court on the legality of her abduction.

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Investors were showing renewed interest in Zimbabwe due to the country’s abundant natural resources and well-educated populace way back in February 2010, according to a cable dispatched by United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles Ray ahead of a visit by a congressional delegation led by Gregory Meeks.

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Movement for Democratic Change treasurer Roy Bennett said the party was good at campaigning but it lacked a cadre of people who knew how to run a government.

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Attorney-General Johannes Tomana was forced to impeach Michael Peter Hitschmann, his key witness in the trial of Movement for Democratic Change treasurer Roy Bennett, when he realised that his testimony was damaging the State case because it was inconsistent with statements made to the police after his arrest.

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The negotiators for the principal parties in Zimbabwe are reported to have agreed on 15 of the 21 contentious issues including pirate radio stations that broadcast into Zimbabwe such as the Voice of America.

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Finance Minister and Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Tendai Biti told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles Ray that Vice-President Joice Mujuru and Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa were both “unelectable” in a national presidential election.

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