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Zimbabwe’s private sector could receive a major boost if Britain’s conservative government fulfils one of its election promises, according to one of the cables released by Wikileaks.

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The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome has been with us for more than two decades. But hundreds of Zimbabweans still die from the disease not because they cannot find medication but…

On a recent trip to Harare, I sat next to a South African businessman. He was into trucks. When I asked him if he expected any business in Zimbabwe because I thought a lot of people had bought trucks as a hedge against inflation prior to the formation of the inclusive government in 2009, he was quite frank. There was plenty of business because there was massive expansion in Zimbabwe especially in mining. “Everyone is coming in, the Russians, Europeans, Americans,” he churned out the countries coming back to Zimbabwe so fluently that you could have thought that he was reading from a script.

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The election of the Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo who is national chairman of the Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai was nullified by the Supreme Court on 10 March. A new Speaker was supposed to be elected last week but the sitting was postponed by the Clerk of Parliament. Here is an analysis of the nullification and its consequences by Veritas.

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Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office elevated Zimbabwe to a stand-alone unit within the African Directorate two weeks after the signing of the Global Political Agreement which ushered in the inclusive government because it now merited increased attention- a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks says.

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The Insider has now set up one of the most comprehensive databases of the Wikileaks cables on Zimbabwe which enables readers to view all the cables so far published in just one click.

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The leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, said despite pressing humanitarian concerns in Zimbabwe, Western military intervention would be counterproductive because there was no regional support for intervention.

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Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to benefit most from an early poll because an immediate election would allow the reconfiguration of parliament which could elevate him to the post of deputy vice-president, a South African based think-tank, Idasa, says. 

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Foreign refugees in Zimbabwe were better off than locals at the height of the country’s economic crisis as they were getting adequate supplies with some even selling their food to locals, a cable released by Wikileaks says.

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Movement for Democratic Change treasurer Roy Bennett joined the party after being spurned by the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front.

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