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Career diplomat Machivenyika Mapuranga may have been saved by then Foreign Minister Stan Mudenge who posted him as High Commissioner to Ghana because he apparently could not just ditch such a loyal and capable diplomat.

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Former United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald described President Robert Mugabe as an enigmatic if not mercurial figure who despite the economic problems the country was facing had not lost his edge as a strategic thinker.

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The International Monetary Fund resident representative for Zimbabwe Robert Franco saw a very bleak future for Zimbabwe despite the appointment of technocrats Simba Makoni as Finance Minister and Nkosana Moyo as Industry Minister.

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The United States embassy said newly appointed Higher Education and Technology Minister Herbert Murerwa was a decent but ineffective cabinet member.

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Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa joked four days before his demotion that he preferred to become Minister of Education, Sports and Culture than Minister of Finance so that he could at least visit all the country’s golf courses.

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Walter Mzembi considered himself one of the reformers in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. He came on with a lot of verve and believed that the party needed a new generation of younger leaders. He was even willing to work with the Movement for Democratic Change when the three key political parties signed the Global Political Agreement. But the enthusiasm now seems to be gone. He has been “eaten” up by the system. There are  24 Wikileaks cables on him. Here they are.

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Movement for Democratic Change hardliners secretary general Tendai Biti and spokesman Nelson Chamisa did not want the agreement between the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and the MDC and were trying to scuttle the deal nearly a month after the signing of the Global Political Agreement.

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Industry leaders accused central bank governor Gideon Gono of trying to buy favours and avoid criticism from the industrial sector after he gave the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries an unsolicited gift of eight vehicles at the height of the country’s economic crisis in 2008.

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The United States, which was not happy with the Global Political Agreement signed by the three main political parties in Zimbabwe, had contingency plans in case the agreement failed which included recognising a government in exile.

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Prime Minister–designate and Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai said although he was haggling with President Robert Mugabe over the allocation of government ministries Mugabe was desperate for a solution and had no option.

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