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Former army commander Solomon Mujuru demanded five tonnes of seed maize from SeedCo at a time when the company and the country were facing a massive shortfall.

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When Simba Makoni announced his intention to stand for president in 2008, there was wide speculation that he was being backed by former army commander Solomon Mujuru. Now that Mujuru is late, this is a question Zimbabweans will never know.

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Obert Mpofu has become one of the most powerful Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front politicians from Matabeleland. He has also been accused of being thoroughly corrupt. Tendai Biti, Simba Mudarikwa and Edward Chindori-Chininga all told United States embassy officials that he was corrupt. But he has survived it all. There are 46 Wikileaks cables on Mpofu and here they are.

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Mines Minister Obert Mpofu told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGhee that only three people had died at Chiadzwa and their deaths were the result of internal disputes not involving the military or the police.

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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono told United States embassy officials that there was pressure on President Robert Mugabe to step down before the 2008 elections but he argued that he would stay on to deliver a Zimbabwean African National Union-Patriotic Front victory and he also wanted to outlast former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda.

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The government ordered businesses to reduce prices by half and unleashed a special task force to enforce price controls in what some described as “controlled looting” which left most supermarket shelves empty of staples.

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Despite claims that the two-day stay-away organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions had been a failure, Industry and Trade Minister Obert Mpofu threatened unspecified action against companies that supported the stay-away.

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The governor for Matebeleland North Obert Mpofu and Minister for Special Affairs John Nkomo said chiefs would distribute food relief after they learnt that most of the food meant for the villagers was being diverted.

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Matabeleland North governor Obert Mpofu is reported to have vowed that only Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front supporters would be resettled in his province and it did not matter if the economy was destroyed in the process because the ruling party would then rebuild it just like the Japanese rebuilt their economy after World War II.

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