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Olivier Muchena who had been Minister of State in Vice-President Joseph Msika’s Office was elevated to Minister of Science and Technology when President Robert Mugabe reshuffled his cabinet in August 2002.

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President Robert Mugabe has been at the helm of the country since February 1980. During the first decade he was revered and honoured as one of Africa’s foremost leaders. His star started fading during the second decade. In the third decade he became one of the most hated leaders in the world, sometimes only second to Saddam Hussein. But he has survived it all and is into his fourth decade as leader. There are 626 cables on him and here they are.

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Minister of State in Vice-President Joseph Msika’s Office Olivia Muchena said a decade ago that what was happening in Zimbabwe over the land issue would take place in South Africa.

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Olivia Muchena, who was Minister of State in Vice-President Joseph Msika’s Office at the time, was tipped to take over as Minister of Youth Development, Gender and Employment Creation following the death of firebrand Border Gezi.

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Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo told a United Nations Development Programme representative that the land reform programme was irreversible and that it was “unhealthy” to continue debating the issue.

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Minister of State in Vice-President Joseph Msika’s Office Olivia Muchena told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald that the land reform programme in Zimbabwe was not going to be reversed come hell or high water.

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Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change has given at least 20 reasons why Zimbabweans should vote Yes in the referendum for the country’s new constitution which will be held in three weeks.

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Former deputy Minister of Agriculture Olivia Muchena was imposed on the Mutoko Constituency after failing to win the party primaries in 2000 but she went on to win and was appointed as a minister in Vice President Joseph Msika’s office.

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The United States government said it was against the lifting of sanctions on eight Zimbabwe parastatals by the European Union because their designation provided a significant leverage on President Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front.

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