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Is the MDC so infiltrated by ZANU-PF?

Way back in 2001, barely two years after the formation of the Movement for Democratic Change as the first formidable opposition party in Zimbabwe’s history, Nelson Chamisa, Learnmore Jongwe, Tafadzwa Musekiwa and John Sikhala- all former student leaders- were accused of being Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front plants.

Now the tables have been turned. Those who stuck with founding president Morgan Tsvangirai – Douglas Mwonzora, Thokozani Khupe and Morgen Komichi- are said to be the ZANU-PF plants.

Is the MDC so infiltrated by ZANU-PF that ZANU-PF can dictate who should lead the party?

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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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