The Insider

Gandi Mudzingwa, the special assistant to Movement for Democratic Change president Morgan Tsvangirai, told United States embassy officials that mediation talks that three bishops from Manicaland wanted to initiate were not likely to get anywhere because there was no commitment from the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front.

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A British firm was paid a whopping £67.7 million in management consultancy fees for aid delivery to the poorest communities in Zimbabwe in August last year leading Labour Member of Parliament Diane Abbott to describe the growing number of aid consultants in the UK profiting from aid as Lords of poverty, Hardship tycoons and Pinstriped famine magnates.

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Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s childhood friend Hebson Makuvise was appointed ambassador to Germany and told United States embassy officials that new governors would assume office in September.

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The inclusive government which brought together the Movement for Democratic Change and the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front three years ago will not collapse because Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai views its failure as a personal failure.

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The Minister of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Eric Matinenga said the success of the constitution making process depended on the sincerity and engagement of President Robert Robert Mugabe.

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Retired Judge Fergus Blackie was acquitted of a charge of trying to defeat the course of justice when the state prosecutor Florence Ziyambi withdrew the charge but did not state any reasons.

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United States ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGhee told Finance Minister Tendai Biti that the exit of central bank governor Gideon Gono and attorney-general Johannes Tomana from the scene was very important in assuring observers that Zimbabwe was serious about reform.

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The British government increased aid to Zimbabwe by 10 million pounds to bolster the Movement for Democratic Change when Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai visited the country four months after the formation of the inclusive government but British Prime Minister Gordon Brown questioned Tsvangirai’s ability to deliver on reforms and gave “clear instructions” to his ministers that additional support would not be released until there was more progress on the ground. 

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Former Finance Minister Simba Makoni said the dismissal of Elias Mudzuri as mayor of Harare in April 2003 was the work of the Gang of Four- Ignatius Chombo, Joseph Made, Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Chinamasa.

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Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa told Commercial farmers Union president Colin Cloete that the CFU should make a public statement supporting the government’s efforts to force the British government to fund compensation for the land programme.

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