The Insider

France condemned the 2008 presidential election run-off after Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out saying “whoever believes he is ordained by God and that God should keep him in his position is nothing but a swindler and an assassin, and that must be said with force”.

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Webster Shamu, who was a member of the information and publicity committee, that delivered victory of President Robert Mugabe in the June 2008 presidential elections run-off, was appointed Minister of Media, Information and Publicity in the inclusive government.

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Webster Shamu who left Zimbabwe as a disc jockey but returned home a war veteran now known as Charles Ndlovu has had a very intriguing political career. He has survived corruption scandals to rise first to a deputy Minister and then to a fully fledged Minister. Shamu is believed to be close to President Robert Mugabe though some reports have linked him to the Emmerson Mnangagwa faction. There are 27 Wikileaks cables that mention his name. Here they are.

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Webster Shamu was in one of the two top committee set up by the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front to secure victory for President Robert Mugabe in the 2008 run-off.

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Webster Shamu was among the dozen Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front safari operators who were busting the United States sanctions and cashing in on their hunting operations.

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The Movement for Democratic Change was put in a fix when more than 2 400 displaced persons, including 471 children, camped at its headquarters at Harvest House after fleeing from the violence in the run-up to the presidential elections run-off of 2008.

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United Nations assistant secretary for Political Affairs Haile Menkerios told political analyst Sydney Masamvu that he planned to talk to Southern African Development Community members to build solidarity for a government of national unity which would exclude President Robert Mugabe and would be led by Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

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United States assistant secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer told Mozambican President Armando Guebuza that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s safety could not be guaranteed if he continued to use violence against the opposition.

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United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer told Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe that President Robert Mugabe was “testing us all” when he arrested Movement for Democratic Change leader Arthur Mutambara for writing an anti-Mugabe op-ed article in a privately-owned daily.

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John Makamure, the director of the United States government-funded parliamentary support project implemented by the State University of New York, said Webster Shamu and Walter Mzembi were promoted to the cabinet to silence them.

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