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Paurina Gwanyanya Mpariwa is hardly known outside the trade union circles. But she was so powerful and effective in the labour movement that she was elected to the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions’ general council and was appointed Shadow Minister of Labour when the Movement for Democratic Change was formed. She was even deputy chief whip of the party and landed the powerful post of Ministry of Labour when the inclusive government was formed. There are six Wikileaks cables on her. Here they are:

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No one believed that the Movement for Democratic Change would defeat President Robert Mugabe in the 2008 elections so everyone was frantically trying to set up coalitions to beat Mugabe and the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front.

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The Minister of Labour Paurina Gwanyanya Mpariwa was planning to investigate breaches of Zimbabwean labour laws by one of the diamond miners at Marange, Canadile.

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Former Midlands governor Cephas Msipa told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that a large number of the rank and file in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front wanted President Robert Mugabe to be replaced but they were afraid to oppose him.

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Movement for Democratic Change Bulawayo legislator David Coltart said former Finance Minister Simba Makoni might emerge as the compromise candidate to succeed President Robert Mugabe because of the infighting within the party.

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Although Labour Minister Paurina Gwanyanya Mpariwa was a competent and impressive leader she was going to have a tough time because her ministry was “infested” with intelligence operatives who had been spying on the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions.

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Former trade unionist Paurina Gwanyanya Mpariwa was appointed Minister of Labour and Social Welfare in the inclusive government becoming one of the 20 cabinet ministers from the Movement for Democratic Change.

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A diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks shows that former journalist Sydney Masamvu was on the United States Agency for International Development payroll when he left the International Crisis Group to join the Institute for Democracy in South Africa.

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Former Minister of Information Jonathan Moyo told former journalist Sydney Masamvu that he was disappointed by Emmerson Mnangagwa’s lack of political courage and skill and believed that he would be outplayed by the Mujurus.

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United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell said the shift on the succession debate from Joie Mujuru and Emmerson Mnangagwa to technocrats like Simba Makoni and Gideon Gono was a sign that the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front was becoming increasingly aware of its lack of popular appeal and its need for external support it if was to reverse Zimbabwe’s economic collapse.

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