The Insider

Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano told the West that he supported the government of Zimbabwe because democracy forced from outside would fail while that developed from within would prevail.

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Former Manicaland governor Oppah Muchinguri was reported to be part of a group that went to politburo member Didymus Mutasa to urge that Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa be “rubbed out”.

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Talks between the Movement for Democratic Change and the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front broke down in 2004 because of divisions within the MDC which left ZANU-PF with no one to negotiate with.

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The Movement for Democratic Change had a hectic travel ahead of the 2005 elections which covered Southern, North and East Africa as well as Europe and the United States.

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There was confusion when Justice Paddington Garwe acquitted Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai of treason.

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Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions leader Wellington Chibebe told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that people should not underestimate President Robert Mugabe because he was not likely to leave office, even in 2008.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that recent moves by the government to open up the political space reflected the growing confidence within the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front that it would win the 2005 elections.

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President Robert Mugabe’s cabinet of 2000 which brought in technocrats such as Simba Makoni, Nkosana Moyo, Jonathan Moyo and Joseph Made looked credible but there were fears that it was composed of “place holders”- people who would keep the seats warm until the presidential elections of 2002.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai told United States ambassador Tom McDonald that it was healthy for the country that the MDC did not win an outright victory in the June 2000 elections because this would have been destabilising.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai told United States ambassador Christopher Dell that he expected to be found guilty of treason. He was accused of plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe.

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