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Gideon Gono- the first 50 Wikileaks cables

Gideon Gono was at one time the de facto Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. He had become so powerful that he sent shivers through many original founders of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. But he is now a pale shadow of his former self. There are 290 cables on Gono, making him third with the highest number of cables after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe. Here are the first 50

We already have complete cables on:

 

Nelson Chamisa

General Herbert Chingono,

Joseph Chinotimba

Phillip Chiyangwa

Ignatius Chombo

Jethro Goko,

Obert Gutu,

Learnmore Jongwe

Grace Kwinje

John Makumbe

Sydney Masamvu,

Strive Masiyiwa

Michael Mataure,

Simba Mudarikwa,

Grace Mugabe,

Joice Mujuru,

Charles Mutama,

Didymus Mutasa,

Pius Ncube,

Trevor Ncube,

Fidelis Satuku and

Jabulani Sibanda

 

Those not yet complete but already indexed are:

 

Tendai Biti

Nicholas Goche

Gideon Gono

Jonathan Moyo

 

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Charles Rukuni

The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

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