The Insider

The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and the Movement for Democratic Change were not separated by substantive policy differences but by “to much war of words” United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tuliameni Kalomoh said eight years ago.

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Lawyers for Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai thought that the judge in his case Paddington Garwe had found him guilty but the assessors disagreed with the verdict.

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Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has been one of the most vocal women’s leaders in Zimbabwe. She started off as an activist before joining the Movement for Democratic Change. She was also vocal in Parliament rising to the powerful post of chair of the Public Accounts Committee. When the party split in 2005 she opted to join the Arthur Mutambara faction where she was elected deputy secretary-general. She lost in the 2008 elections but found her way into the cabinet of the inclusive government. There are 32 Wikileaks cables on her. Here they are.

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Donor funds for the audits of the civil service and land were available but the two were stalled because in the case of the civil service the government refused to include the security services and on land there were restrictions on the scope.

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Movement for Democratic Change legislator for St Mary’s Job Sikhala said party leader Morgan Tsvangirai had authorised two plots to kill him.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai laid out five demands, distilled from the party’s earlier list of 15, for the party to participate in the March 2005 elections.

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Former Movement for Democratic Change legislator for St Marys Job Sikhala was not liked by the party leadership because of his confrontational style but he was liked by the people for that.

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The Minister of Regional Integration Priscillah Misiharibwi-Mushonga said the multi-donor trust fund, a transitional financial structure to ensure the proper use of foreign assistance was a “state avoidance” mechanism to address donor concerns with the misuse of funds by central bank governor Gideon Gono.

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Integration Minister Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga was the government’s preferred choice to represent it on the Multi-Donor Trust Fund much to the consternation of the Tsvangirai faction of the Movement for Democratic Change.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai called for international pressure on the Zimbabwean government for political reform saying without this there would be chaos in the country.

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