The Insider

Although Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara had become unpopular within his own party and did not have a constituency of his own he had emerged as a force in cabinet and principal meetings and had largely overshadowed the other Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe, United States ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGhee said.

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Zimbabwe’s diamonds will be in the spotlight in the next six weeks but for different reasons.

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Makokoba legislator and former trade unionist Thokozani Khupe pipped national executive council member Gertrude Mthombeni to become the vice-President of the Tsvangirai faction of the Movement for Democratic Change at a special congress that sealed the split of the party.

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Makokoba legislator Thokozani Khupe who had been asked to moderate the dispute between the pro and anti-senate factions of the Movement for Democratic Change said that the failure by the two factions to reconcile spelt the end of the political careers of Welshman Ncube and Gibson Sibanda.

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Canadian Ari Ben Menashe’s personal assistant Tara Thomas was paid $10 000 for injuries she sustained in a bicycle accident after Menashe attributed this to the work of the Movement for Democratic Change.

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The Movement for Democratic Changed lacked a certain spark when its leader Morgan Tsvangirai was detained for two weeks on fresh treason charges and although it remained cohesive it seemed to be marking time rather than moving forward.

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When Home Affairs Minister John Nkomo was appointed Minister of State for Special Affairs after a cabinet reshuffle in 2002, this looked like a demotion from the powerful ministry of Home Affairs, but political analyst Brian Raftopoulos told United States embassy officials that the assignment might be a prelude to the vice-Presidency.

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President Robert Mugabe was the most dangerous person because his views were inimical to Western interests while advancing those of blacks.

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