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The Sekai Holland Wikileaks cables

Sekai Holland has been one of the most outspoken and controversial leaders of the Movement for Democratic Change. Even the United States embassy admitted that she was a difficult character. Born Sekai Hove, Holland was the daughter of veteran journalist and nationalist Mike Masotsha Hove, one of the first blacks to be elected to Parliament in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. There are 12 cables on her and here they are:

12-MDC ignoring past wrongs for political expediency

11-Holland gets ministerial post

10-Kwinje and Holland released

9-EU banks on SADC to put pressure on Zimbabwe

8-Grace Kwinje and Sekai Holland barred from leaving the country

7-Funeral of MDC activist postponed because leaders are in hospital

6-Tsvangirai asked US to press South Africa for genuine dialogue

5-Tsvangirai said war veterans were no match for MDC youth

4-US embassy said Holland was a difficult character

3-Holland said it would be difficult to control MDC youths if Mugabe stole election

2-Tsvangirai and Biti described as Uncle Toms

1-Holland said Tsvangirai’s arrest could be the necessary spark for an uprising

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This post was last modified on August 9, 2014 7:06 pm

Charles Rukuni

The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

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