The Insider

Michael Mataure, the former ZANU-PF legislator for Chimanimani, was an outspoken critic of the party just before he was kicked out. There are, however, only three Wikileaks cables that mention his name but all three were highly critical of the ruling party.

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President Robert Mugabe was so out of touch with reality that when he was told that most of his ministers had multiple farms, he simply said: “We have to lead by example” but never took any action.

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There are only two cables about Charles Mutama who seems to be an intriguing character. First he was reportedly arrested, tortured and forced to lie naked in the urine of a CIO officer. Then he comes up with a grand plan to bomb police stations in five cities. But though his name is cited in only two cables, embassy officials describe him as a long-time contact.

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Zimbabwean publisher Trevor Ncube told United States embassy officials on 30 August 2007 that he was so thoroughly disgusted by the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and the Movement for Democratic Change that he believed that only a third way political force could take the country forward.

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