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What is it that the West sees in Zimbabwe that Zimbabweans don’t see? This is the fundamental question a cable that was released by Wikileaks raises.

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African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma asked the how the West could expect Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to cooperate with them when they were so critical of him.

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Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Tendai Biti alluded that one of the reasons why his party and President Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front were failing to reach agreement to implement the Global Political Agreement was the generational gap.

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Zambia’s presidential contenders Rupiah Banda and Michael Sata were both close friends of President Robert Mugabe and were not likely to follow the footsteps of the late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa who had described Mugabe as a sinking Titanic.

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President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front refused to budge on the allocation of ministries for the new inclusive government because they wanted the Movement for Democratic Change to walk away from the talks so that ZANU-PF could hold on to power.

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said the greatest enemy of Africa, the greatest source of weakness, was disunity and low level of political and economic integration.

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Joel Gabuza Gabuzza was one of the founding members of the Movement for Democratic Change and was first appointed Minister of State Enterprises and Parastatals in the inclusive government. He was later moved to Public Works. There are only two cables that mention his name. Here they are:

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Namibia’s Secretary to the Cabinet Franz Kapofi told a United States diplomat that President Robert Mugabe was “shrewd” and had tremendous ego, so Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai needed to recognise that ego and not fight over every ministry.

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The Member of Parliament for Bing South Joel Gabuzza went into hiding after friendly police warned him that they had been ordered to arrest him during the run-up to the presidential elections run-off.

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People in Binga were forced to eat caterpillars and sour fruit mixed with ash to stay alive after local authorities blocked food deliveries for several months, the Member of Parliament for the area Joel Gabuzza said.

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