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Nguni placed on US sanctions list
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Silvester Nguni was placed on the United States sanctions list only three months after his appointment together with twelve others.
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Silvester Nguni appointed deputy minister
Silvester Nguni was appointed deputy Minister of Agriculture in President Robert Mugabe’s cabinet after the 2005 elections which his party had won with a two thirds majority.
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Business leaders push envelope-gently
Zimbabwe’s business leaders made a small breakthrough when they persuaded the government to devalue the local currency but they had to appease the government by calling it an export support mechanism.
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Mugabe behind offer for GNU
President Robert Mugabe was behind the offer for a government of national unity made by Speaker Emmerson Mnangagwa, Movement for Democratic Change advisor Clive Puzey said.
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ZANU-PF offered MDC 40% of cabinet seats if it entered GNU in 2001
The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front offered the Movement for Democratic Change 40 percent of the cabinet posts in government as well as one vice-presidency if it entered into a government of national unity.
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Mujuru asked MDC for amnesty in return for coalition government
Former army commander Solomon Mujuru approached the Movement for Democratic Change without the knowledge of President Robert Mugabe to agree to a complete amnesty of current and past government officials and the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic front leaders in return for a coalition government way back in 2000.
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Ex-journalist wrote speeches for Khupe!
Former Daily News editor Nqobile Nyathi, who was appointed deputy chairperson of the Zimbabwe Media Commission was close to Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe and had authored several speeches for her.
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MDC’s Majome said Chinamasa was frank and open but was undermining her
Deputy Minister of Justice Jessie Majome described her job as a fight against “constant marginalisation” because her boss Patrick Chinamasa, attorney general Johannes Tomana and permanent secretary David Mangota were undermining her.
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Timba wanted ministry to be disbanded in six months
Former Deputy Minister of Media, Information and Publicity Jameson Timba wanted the ministry to be obsolete within six months and instead provide official spokesman to the various ministries.
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Who invented conflict diamonds?
When Belgium lobbied the European Union to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe’s diamonds, it was accused of promoting its economic interests over human rights abuses in Zimbabwe.
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