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At least eight business persons affiliated with mobile phone operators Econet and Telecel were arrested in one week in November allegedly for externalising foreign currency.

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Although dairy farmers had gone largely untouched during the farm invasions of 2000 to 2002, reports in November 2002 said the First Lady Grace Mugabe was one of the high profile people that had started scouting for a dairy farm.

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First Lady Grace Mugabe was reportedly one of the more high-profile beneficiaries of the fast-track resettlement effort. According to a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks the First Lady was reported to have chosen a farm roughly 30 km northwest of Harare which had a new 27-room mansion, valued at over Z$100,000,000 (roughly US $1.6 million), fronted by a 2 hectare “well-manicured garden.”

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United States embassy officials deployed 11 teams to observe elections on March 29 and all reported that voting took place in a calm and orderly manner. Observer teams were generally well-received at polling stations and throughout the different constituencies, including ruling party strongholds, but they were given a cold shoulder in Mt Darwin Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s constituency.

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State Security and Lands Minister Didymus Mutasa’s efforts to evict the remaining white commercial farmers four years ago were met with stiff resistance from the country’s two Vice-Presidents, Joseph Msika and Joice Mujuru.

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Vice-President Joice Mujuru has made headlines since she was catapulted to that post in 2004 against all odds. It was considered a victory for her husband, former army commander Solomon Mujuru who was considered a kingmaker within the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front. But though there are only 35 cables that cite her name- those few seem to have done untold damage to her prospects, moreso now that her husband is gone.

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Zimbabweans across the globe seem to have a fascination with local journalists. There were record visits to The Insider website when we published Wikileaks cables citing the name of former journalist Sydney Masamvu two weeks ago. Today, there was a flood of visitors. We only had three cables mentioning two journalists: Andrisson Manyere and Jethro Goko.

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