The Insider

Nelson Chamisa has been one of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s strongest backers from his days at college. Former United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell also thought Chamisa had talent and was one of the exceptions in the party. Our initial search shows there are 74 cables that mention his name. Here are the cables we have published so far.

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Movement for Democratic Change spokesman Nelson Chamisa’s 78-year-old grandmother, his mother and brother were assaulted by armed soldiers when they raided their home in Gutu South during the run-up to the presidential elections of 27 June 2008.

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The United States embassy described then Movement for Democratic Change youth chairman Nelson Chamisa as a hardliner who does not shrink from a fight.

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There was still confusion about how Movement for Democratic Change spokesman Learnmore Jongwe had died with police saying he had died from chloroquine poisoning but his family still blamed the government for his death.

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New regulations for the registration of media organisations demand detailed and sensitive corporate information which includes market analyses, the organization’s financial backers, business plans, projected three-year earnings or losses, and the professional history of the organisation’s leaders.

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The editor of The Standard Bornwell Chakaodza said Information Minister Jonathan Moyo had lost the plot in his anxiety to control everything.

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Information Minister Jonathan Moyo appointed a six-member Media and Information Commission to license media organisations, accredit journalists, and assume other functions related to controlling the media in Zimbabwe.

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Information Minister Jonathan Moyo said he was sure that the retrenchment exercise at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, where 60 percent of the 900 employees were to be laid off, would boost morale.

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The editor of the Standard Bornwell Chakaodza said if Information Minister Jonathan Moyo thought that arresting and charging journalists would silence the press, then he was in for a surprise.

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The United States was elected chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for 2012 with South Africa as its vice raising questions that Washington might have traded the lifting of the KP ban on Marange diamonds for the chair.

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