The Insider

Education Minister David Coltart who represented the Movement for Democratic Change-Mutambara faction in the constitution making process told a visiting United States congressional delegation that though funding was a problem, lack of dialogue between political parties and opposition to the process from elements of civil society who thought that they should have a larger role, were other obstacles.

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The naivety of Finance Minister Tendai Biti never ceases to amaze me. But then perhaps my colleagues in the media and I are to blame. How in the hell could we allow him to take the nation for a ride, telling us that the national referendum and the 2013 elections will be financed from diamond revenue?

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Zimbabwe mooted the idea of coming up with anti-trafficking legislation more than three years ago.

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The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front had become anti-democratic after the formation of the Movement for Democratic Change reversing the internal democratic processes it had started.

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Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa agreed, after a bit of cajoling, to the formation of a Business Management Committee to monitor and oversee the management of the House.

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There was confusion at Defence Forces day when Air Force Commander Perrence Shiri and Army commander Phillip Sibanda saluted Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

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Patrick Chinamasa has been one of the longest serving Justice Ministers in Zimbabwe. There is a reason for that. He is a shrewd political tactician, and a close confidante of President Robert Mugabe. Chinamasa who left his private practice first to become attorney-general and then Justice Minister was the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front’s chief negotiator in the talks that ultimately led to the formation of the inclusive government. Some observers say Chinamasa is one of Mugabe’s favourites because he always gets his way without breaking the law. There are more than 190 cables on him. Here is the first 50.

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Belgium’s Director for Sub-Saharan Africa Reiner Nijskens said the Belgian government was ready to provide humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe provided that Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front hardliners did not benefit from it.

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Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Welshman Ncube and Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa were discussing “the latest draft” of the constitution way back in 2003.

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Edward Chindori-Chininga, who was Minister of Mines at the time, told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Joseph Sullivan that the race for succession was wide open because none of the potential candidates had engaged closely with party bases in the provinces beyond the most senior level.

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