The Insider

Information Minister Jonathan Moyo said the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act which was recently passed by the United States government to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe was a racist piece of legislation.

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The only way to get President Robert Mugabe to step down is to get a series of respectable and influential people in the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front to begin speaking out against his presidential candidacy.

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A United States Judge who was part of a visiting International Bar Association delegation described then Information Minister Jonathan Moyo as “Goebbels reincarnated” in his approach both to propaganda and to governing.

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Former presidential aspirant Eddison Zvobgo told United States embassy officials that Members of Parliament were “absolutely petrified” to speak out against the party. Information Minister Jonathan Moyo had “struck thunder” into the hearts of the ZANU-PF MPs.

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Delta Corporation boss Patrick Rooney told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald 10 years ago that his company was arranging a credit facility that would enable the government to buy 300 to 400 commercial farms that had been designated for acquisition.

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Information Minister Jonathan Moyo’s rapid rise in the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front politics was a clear indication that he had become President Robert Mugabe’s principal instrument for clamping down dissent and bringing back discipline in the party.

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Nkosana Moyo was the darling of the United States embassy in Harare which even called him a close embassy contact when he was appointed Minister of Industry and Trade in 2000.

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The United States was worried about the entry of Jonathan Moyo into politics especially his appointment as Minister of State for Information and Publicity because it was afraid that no one might be able to silence him.

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A dozen lieutenants of President Robert Mugabe were busting United States sanctions through safari operations which generated $17.5 million in 2004 despite a 50 percent decline in tourism.

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