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Masvingo kingpin Eddison Zvobgo told United States embassy officials that Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai was “intense and passionate” but he was also “shallow and immature”.

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The United States embassy said it had no evidence that President Robert Mugabe was moving personal or state assets out of the country but instead he had built a multi-million dollar mansion which was an indication that he intended to stay for some time.

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The Norwegian company, Scandinavian Dermal Group, which has developed a range of beauty products using spermine which it is now selling on the open market, says it does not use human sperm.

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Masvingo Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front provincial supremo Eddison Zvobgo said he was not going to campaign for the party candidate in the Masvingo mayoral elections to show his disenchantment.

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Despite the emergency of the Movement for Democratic Change as a viable opposition with the potential to win elections and take over the government, the West and Zimbabweans have been obsessed with who is going to succeed President Robert Mugabe as if the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front is going to rule forever.

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Supporters of Masvingo ZANU-PF “supremo” Eddison Zvobgo boycotted provincial party elections claiming that they were a “sham”, allowing supporters of Masvingo governor Josiah Hungwe, who was an ally of President Robert Mugabe and Vice-President Simon Muzenda to be elected unopposed.

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Former Masvingo politburo member Eddison Zvobgo was forced out of the ruling party’s supreme body to protect Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ascendancy, political commentator Brian Raftopoulos said.

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An advisor to the Movement for Democratic Change candidate for the Bikita West by-election told United States embassy officials that the violence in the constituency in the run-up to the elections was a reflection of a larger conflict between the Karanga and the Zezuru ethnic groups.

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The deputy editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, Iden Wetherell, told United States embassy officials that he did not see anyone in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front with the stature or backing to challenge President Robert Mugabe, or even form a lasting government should Mugabe step down.

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Former Masvingo Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front provincial supremo Eddison Zvobgo had a serious drinking problem and this could have contributed to his demotion in the March 1988 cabinet reshuffle, a cable released by Wikileaks says.

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