The Insider

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that President Robert Mugabe was not a democrat and would never give up power through an election.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai who had been upbeat at the start of the 2005 elections was downbeat when the results started coming in though his party had won 28 of the 32 announced results.

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The 2005 parliamentary elections were peaceful because the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front had become a minority party so its supporters did not want to risk provocations.

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The United States embassy in Harare was so disappointed with the March 2005 elections that it recommended that Oppah Muchinguri’s ex-husband Tapiwa Rushesha should be added to the financial sanctions list together with her two daughters, Tanya and Natasha.

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The United States embassy in Harare recommended that Women’s Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri’s two daughters, Tanya and Natasha, should be added the US sanctions list.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Emmerson Mnangagwa was a spent force and if the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front lost the elections, President Robert Mugabe would be asked to step down.

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This is a question one could be asking now as the country debates when and whether to hold its next elections. But this was asked by the United States embassy seven years ago as the country prepared for the 2005 parliamentary elections.

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The United States funded the supposedly independent radio station SW Radio which broadcasts from London according to a cable released by Wikileaks but it does not disclose how much the station got.

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Movement for Democratic Change campaign coordinator Ian Makone told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that the party could win as many as 85 of the 120 elected seats in the 2005 elections.

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