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South African President Thabo Mbeki was still frantically working on a political solution for Zimbabwe two months before the harmonised elections of 2008 and gave the negotiating parties three options.

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Movement for Democratic Change treasurer Roy Bennett told United States embassy officials that South African Communist Party leader Blade Nzimande had told MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai that the United States government had funded South African President Thabo Mbeki’s African National Congress re-election campaign because Washington did not want Jacob Zuma to become South African president.

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Movement for Democratic Change president Morgan Tsvangirai sacrificed his policy chief Eddie Cross to accommodate the Ndebele in his cabinet after the formation of the inclusive government.

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The Movement for Democratic Change leadership did not understand the dynamics of aid way back from 2008 when they organised a meeting with the World Bank’s Multi-Donor Trust Fund to discuss post-transition economic recovery and development strategies.

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Eddie Cross, the Movement for Democratic Change’s policy coordinator, and Sam Nkomo, a parliamentarian, were sceptical about the party’s chances in the 2008 elections just two months before the poll.

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Jameson Timba has been one of Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s closest advisors. He was appointed deputy Minister of Media, Information and Publicity when the inclusive government was formed. Most people believe that this was aimed at making him influence the media, which he did. He was promoted to his rightful job when he was appointed Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office when Tsvangirai reshuffled his cabinet. There are 15 cables on him. Here they are.

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Movement for Democratic Change policy advisor Eddie Cross said the party had no funds for the 2008 election campaign but admitted that it had received US$750 000, which included 17 trucks, from Sweden through the Olof Palme Foundation.

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Movement for Democratic Change treasurer Roy Bennett told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGee that the Institute for Democratic Alternative for Zimbabwe (IDAZIM), a new South African–based non-governmental organisation, could be a useful vehicle for funding MDC-coordinated electoral programmes.

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Movement for Democratic Change treasurer Roy Bennett was “over the moon” with Morgan Tsvangirai’s leadership towards the end of 2007 saying after years of inaction Tsvangirai was finally “cleaning house.”

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Movement for Democratic Change treasurer Roy Bennett planned to retire from politics if the Morgan Tsvangirai faction did not win the 2008 elections.

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