The Insider

The United States wanted South Africa to put pressure on President Robert Mugabe to resign and to be replaced by his deputy Joice Mujuru to form a power-sharing government with the Movement for Democratic Change, according to a cable released by Wikileaks.

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President Robert Mugabe does not listen to anyone who is not a black African according to former Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit.

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Lesotho’s Foreign Minister Kenneth Mohlabi Tsekoa told United States Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer that in his opinion, it was extremely unlikely that Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe would submit to international pressure and step down.

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame said initial successes in Zimbabwe after independence had been overtaken by President Robert Mugabe’s many failures and he did not want his Rwandan Patriotic Front to become like Mugabe and his ZANU-PF.

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United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was upbeat about her trip to the United Nations because in two short days she had been able to accomplish numerous strategic objectives including a strong intervention on Zimbabwe with a call for President Robert Mugabe to step down and cede power.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai gave President Robert Mugabe two weeks to release party activists who had been abducted by security agents otherwise he would not continue to work with the Mugabe regime.

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African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma was very receptive to a reborn PF-ZAPU, the leadership of the revitalised Patriotic Front-Zimbabwe African People’s Union told United States embassy officials in Harare.

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United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it was long past time for President Robert Mugabe to go.

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