Prof.Jonathan Moyo

Jonathan Moyo
Moyo campaigning.

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Minister of Information
In office
July 2000 – February 2005
President Robert Mugabe

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Member of Parliament for Tsholotsho
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 March 2005

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Born 12 January 1957 (1957-01-12) (age 52)
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Political party Independent

Jonathan Nathaniel Moyo (born 12 January 1957) is a controversial political figure in Zimbabwe. He was Minister of Information from 2000 to 2005 and is currently a Member of Parliament. He is considered the core architect of AIPPA and POSA.

Contents [hide]
1 Background and early years
2 United States
3 Kenya
4 South Africa
5 Zimbabwe
5.1 Minister of Information
6 Tsholotsho
7 Appointments
8 Criticism
8.1 Columnist
9 Quotes
9.1 General
9.2 War with the Media
9.3 War at Home
9.4 War with Foreigners
10 References
11 External links


[edit] Background and early years
His father was an active ZAPU cadre and a community leader. Jonathan was raised by his mother, who was separated from his father early on. His mother was very close in the early sixties and mid-seventies to the family of the late Ndabaningi Sithole who was at the time the President of ZANU. Through these links that he ended up in Zambia and later Tanzania between 1973 (age 16) and 1977 (age 20).


[edit] United States
His two scholarships from the United Nations and the Africa American Institute to the University of Southern California in June 1978 were through the ZANU office in New York then headed by Kangai Tirivafi. From November 1977 to December 1981, he was ZANU's Secretary for Commissariat for the Los Angeles Branch in California.

He graduated from the University of Southern California in June 1982 with a Bachelor's (Bsc) degree in public policy obtaining a Masters Degree in Public Administration (MPA) with same university in 1984.

He was a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe, before moving to Kenya.


[edit] Kenya
In 1993 he was program director for the Ford Foundation in Nairobi. He departed under a cloud after allegations that he had embezzled USD $88,000 from the organisation.[1]


[edit] South Africa
In January 1998 he moved to South Africa, to the University of Witwatersrand (WITS) to work on a project entitled The Future of the African Elite sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. WITS later claimed that he had absconded with part of a R100 million research grant for the project. In October 2006 Moeletsi Mbeki, younger brother of South African President Thabo Mbeki, and Witwatersrand University separately applied for an order to have Jonathan Moyo jailed the next time he visits South Africa.[2]


[edit] Zimbabwe
Moyo came to the fore of the Zimbabwean political map during the drafting of the Draft Constitution. He was the spokesperson for the committee charged with putting the final draft constitution together before it was tabled for referendum in February, 2000. Once the people of Zimbabwe had rejected the draft, Mugabe appointed the political science lecturer to his cabinet following the 2000 parliamentary election, making him the spokesperson of the government and Minister of Information in the President's office.

As ZANU-PF spokesman, he described the 2000 election, in which the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won a large minority of seats, as a "wake up call" and a "reality check for us".[3]


[edit] Minister of Information
During his tenure, he crafted and defended, helped by Patrick Chinamasa, the the Broadcasting Services Act (BSA) (2001), the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (Commercialisation) Act (2003), [4], the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) (2002), the Public Order and Security Act (2002), and the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (Commercialisation) Act (2003). This led to widespread criticism that he was attacking freedom of speech.

When Moyo brought the AIPPA to parliament, the chairman of the Parliamentary Legal Committee, Dr Eddison Zvobgo, said, "I can say without equivocation that this Bill, in its original form, was the most calculated and determined assault on our liberties guaranteed by the Constitution, in the 20 years I served as Cabinet minister."

Since being expelled from government, he has taken to deny and outrightly reject the common fact that he was the architect of these laws.

As Minister of Information, Moyo fought personal and government battles with the media from July 2000 until 2005, when he was expelled from ZANU-PF.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

He beamed with pleasure and satisfaction when Chief Justice Gubbay resigned after being threatened by Joseph Chinotimba and company. When the Daily News was shut down, he said "The Daily News is a victim of the rule of law which it had been preaching since 1999." Daily News[13]

In the mere space of seven years, Moyo went from being a fervent critic of the government of Robert Mugabe to being its fiercest defender and then again to being one of its foremost critics, a fact that renders him a mystery to many Zimbabweans. Analysts and observers and ordinary people have labeled him an opportunist because of this puzzling behavior, including George Charamba, his former friend and allay. He has said: "I have always been a critic of government policy. I was in government for more than five years. Before that I was a critic."[14][15][16][5][17][18][19][20][21]

He is among host of individuals not allowed to travel to the United States because the US government feels he has worked to undermine democracy in Zimbabwe.[22]


[edit] Tsholotsho
Much philanthropy, including scholarship programs and support for sport over many years, has earned Moyo a place in Tsholotsho, his family area. This philanthropy increased during the days leading up to the March 2005 parliamentary election, a fact that critics feel made his win for the parliamentary seat in the area inevitable.

In the leadup to the 2004 party meeting, he held an unofficial meeting in Tsholotsho, of Zanu-PF political heavyweights including six provincial party chairmen, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, and a militant war veterans' leader, Joseph Chinotimba. It was aimed at contesting one of the two vice-presidential seats after the recent death of Simon Muzenda on September 20, 2003, seen as a stepping stone to the presidency in light of Mugabe's presumed retirement in 2008.

He was heavily censured at the later Zanu-PF meeting, with other attendees. Joyce Mujuru won the vice-presidency at the party meeting.

The subsequent decision to set aside the Tsholotsho seat in the 2005 parliamentary election for female candidates was widely interpreted as punishing those who organised the unauthorised meeting, and in particular Moyo.

In February 2005 Moyo registered to run as an independent for the seat.[23] Doing so earned the wrath of Mugabe, who expelled him from the party and the cabinet. He won the seat in the elections, held on March 31.[24]

Moyo was re-elected to the House of Assembly from Tsholotsho North constituency in the March 2008 parliamentary election. He received 3,532 votes, defeating MDC candidate Mgezelwa Ncube, who received 3,305 votes, as well as Zanu-PF candidate Alice Dube, who received 2,085 votes.Themainstream MDC did not field a candidate in this constituency on the understanding that Moyo's victory would be good in the fight to remove Mugabe from power. No sooner had Moyo won did he start taking potshots at the MDC and openly defending and supporting Mugabe in newspaper articles. Some say he was angling for a cabinet position, something that did not happen. [25] He was the first independent candidate in Zimbabwe to ever win re-election.[26]


[edit] Appointments
Lecturer – Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Zimbabwe (1988–1993)
Programme Officer – Ford Foundation (1993–1997)
Visiting Professor – University of Witwatersrand (January 1998–July 2000)
Spokesman – Constitutional Commission, Government of Zimbabwe (1999–2000)
General Election Campaign Manager – Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (2000)
Minister of Information – Government of Zimbabwe (July 2000–February 2005)
Member – Central Committee, Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (July 2000–December 2004)
Currently independent MP for Tsholotsho after trouncing the ruling ZANU(PF) and the opposition MDC in the March parliamentary elections.

[edit] Criticism
Moyo was criticized and ridiculed for his activities during the time he was Minister of Information and Publicity.

In 2005 Asher Tarivona Mutsengi, then a student leader at Solusi University, criticized Moyo saying "..he will go down in the annals of history as a minister who lacked foresight and for pouring vitriol against his perceived opponents, his shopping spree in South Africa of scarce food stuffs, causing unemployment to a multitude of journalists and a penchant for uncivilized propaganda."

..."my final analysis is that he is heading for the precipice and his political prospects even if he wins the Tsholotsho seat that he is vying for as an independent are drab. He might be a spin-doctor and intelligent as some claim, but I don't subscribe to that myself."[27]

Innocent Madawo, a Zimbabwean journalist and columnist for the Toronto Sun newspaper said in an interview about Moyo, "If it were not for Jonathan Moyo I would not be here and I am sure I am not the only one who feels like this. Even those who may have been showered with favours by the good professor, I know for certain that they too were burdened by his attentions and demands and right now, a lot are embarrassed that they ever knew him."


[edit] Columnist
In recent times since parting ways with Mugabe, Jonathan Moyo has written for some online news publications critical of Mugabe's government. Ironically, most of the editors of these publications are victims of media laws supported or sponsored by Moyo during his days as information minister. He seems to have been embraced and given a platform to express his anger at the government of Mugabe.[28]


[edit] Quotes

[edit] General
"Perennial wisdom from divine revelation and human experience dictates that all earthly things great or small, beautiful or ugly, good or bad, sad or happy, foolish or wise must finally come to an end. It is from this sobering reality that the end of executive rule has finally come for Robert Mugabe who has had his better days after a quarter of a century in power."


[edit] War with the Media
"The Daily News is a victim of the rule of law which it had been preaching since 1999." He said, celebrating and beaming at the demise of the popular Daily News.[29]


[edit] War at Home
"If good governance means that black people should forever live as servants and poor and as inferior citizens to white people, we don't accept it" Defending the land reform program.

"Good Riddance" he said after Chief Justice Anthony Gubbay, 68, signed an agreement to go on leave immediately and to retire formally on July 1, 2001 following threats from war veterans led by Joseph Chinotimba-Moyo was celebrating the demise of Zimbabwe's judiciary.

"We have to secure the gains of the Third Chimurenga in legal terms and Government is considering a number of options. The so-called successful white farmers were made by successive colonial governments. But given the level of the support they enjoyed and the vast tracts of land they commanded, an inescapable conclusion is that they were an inefficient lot. Much of commercial farmland was under-utilised. Moving forward means crafting legislation that consolidates and puts a final seal of legality to the gains we have made through the fast-track programme. We are aware that white commercial farmers who used to be on the land have refused to surrender title deeds to Government."[30]


[edit] War with Foreigners
"Our problem with Britain and Australia is over the land we took over from their white kith and kin to redistribute to the indigenous black people of this country. ..." Explaining why relations with Britain had become strained.

"We were under pressure from foreigners who claimed that they were Zimbabweans, when they were actually enemies," Defending the government's decision not to award broadcasting licenses to foreign companies.[31]

"I have always had a nagging feeling that for all their propensity for liberal values and civilised norms, these people (South Africans) are dirty. "In fact they are filthy and recklessly uncouth. Now the evidence is there for any decent person to see" Justifying his shopping spree in South Africa, when people in Zimbabwe were starving.[32]

"He needs to be told that Zimbabwe will never be a colony again, never" Telling Tony Blair not to interfere in Zimbabwe during the days leading up to the 2002 presidential elections.[33]

Dr.Gideon Gono

Gideon Gono

Doctor Gideon Gonado
Gono after presenting a monetary policy statement to the Parliament of Zimbabwe, 2008.
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Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
Incumbent
Assumed office
2003
President Robert Mugabe
Preceded by Leonard Tsumba

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Born 29 November 1959 (1959-11-29) (age 49)
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Political party Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front
Spouse Hellen Mushanyuri Gono
Residence Harare, Zimbabwe
Alma mater University of Zimbabwe
Profession Banker
Religion Christian

Gideon Gono (born November 29, 1959) is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and former CEO of the Jewel Bank, formerly known as the Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe.[1] [2] Rapid expansion of the money supply on his watch has been blamed for contributing to Zimbabwe's hyperinflation.[3]

Contents [hide]
1 Earlier career
2 Reserve Bank Governorship
2.1 Results of policies
2.2 Zimbabwe Dollar and inflation
2.3 Banks and currency exchange
2.4 Agriculture sector
2.5 Admission of failure
3 Personal life
3.1 Personal sanctions
4 References
5 External links


[edit] Earlier career
He started his career with government owned ZimBank, before moving to the Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe. He was appointed by Professor Jonathan Moyo to head the University of Zimbabwe Council where he was awarded with an honorary degree. During this time, he was the personal banker of Robert Mugabe, up until he was appointed as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.


[edit] Reserve Bank Governorship
Gono was first appointed as Governor of the Reserve Bank in November 2003. In November 2008, Gono was reappointed to a new five year term as Governor, beginning on December 1, 2008.[4]


[edit] Results of policies
After taking over the governorship of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Gono implemented a host of highly-criticized policies. The main criticism comes from the apparent failure of his policies to reverse the economic decline of Zimbabwe. Since he became governor, there have been a number of problems:[5]

cash shortages
fuel and food scarcity, shortages in agriculture[6] [7] [8]
businessmen have been arrested by the police and army under Gono's orders [9]
some Zimbabweans have become fugitives or have languished in prison, notably Mutumwa Mawere, James Makamba, July Moyo, Philip Chiyangwa and David Batau[10]
the highest inflation in the world and unemployment and the collapse of the health, education and agriculture sectors.[11]

The sight of motorists in long queues waiting for fuel is now a permanent feature in Harare. Gono promised to normalize the situation, but the people of his district have yet to see a great change in supplies.
[edit] Zimbabwe Dollar and inflation
Gono has printed enormous quantities of money against the advice of economists, but with full support from Robert Mugabe. As predicted by the textbook quantity theory of money, this practice has devalued the Zimbabwean dollar and caused hyperinflation.

Gono demonetized old bank notes on August 1, 2006 and introduced a new currency. Each new Zimbabwe dollar was worth 1000 old Zimbabwe dollars.[12] The highest denominations for the new currency were 1, 10, and 100 thousand revalued dollars. A year later on August 1, 2007, he authorized a 200 thousand dollar denomination. This marked the start of a series of new denominations issued in rapid succession, including 250, 500, and 750 thousand dollars (December 20, 2007); 1, 5, and 10 million dollars (January 16, 2008); 25 and 50 million dollars (April 4, 2008); 100 and 250 million dollars (May 5, 2008); 500 million and 5, 25, and 50 billion dollars (May 20, 2008); and 100 billion dollars (July 21, 2008). From the time of currency revaluation to the beginning of June 2008 the money supply in the country has increased from $45 billion to more than $900 quadrillion, or a 20,000,000 fold increase.

Gono refuted media reports that claimed he was against price cuts that the government instituted to arrest inflation. As time went by, it became apparent that the RBZ had instituted price cuts that saw bare shelves in shops and many businesses closing.[13] He has sent in the police to arrest businessmen for failing to reduce their prices. On one occasion, he personally visited shop owners in Harare to demand they lower prices.[14] Despite these efforts, inflation in Zimbabwe remains the world's highest.[15] [16]

Critics have noted that most of Gono's monetary policy statements in the past have had biblical references. Notably, he usually ends in policy statements to the Parliament of Zimbabwe thus: "In the Lord's hands, I commit this Monetary Policy Framework for our economic turnaround."[17]


[edit] Banks and currency exchange
A number of banks have been raided and their operating licences cancelled.[18] [19] [20] Critics blame Gono for closing 16 money transfer agencies. He has traded foreign currency on the black market, an activity he vowed to crush when he became governor of the bank.[21]


[edit] Agriculture sector
The governor has spearheaded the campaign to make the land reform program a success. As such, Gono has placed the RBZ at the forefront of fertilizer and machinery procurement. A number of scandals have come to light, especially with the procurement of fertilizer, that implicate Gono.[22]

Backed by vice president Joyce Mujuru, Gono has several times called for an end to farm takeovers in a bid to stabilise agricultural production and halt inflation. Gono's criticism of farm takeovers is in sharp contrast to statements made by other ministers, including Lands Minister Didymus Mutasa.

In an interview with the state-controlled The Herald newspaper, he said, "I have openly condemned such retrogressive acts as destruction of horticultural greenhouses, decimation of tobacco barns, institution of fresh farm invasions".[23] "There are too many subdivisions among us, too many contradictions, too much infighting among ourselves, incredible suspicion and mistrust of one another," Gono said.


[edit] Admission of failure
Gono has admitted that his efforts to rescue and improve the economy of Zimbabwe have failed.[24] Gono said there were several factors that were outside the central bank's control, which made it difficult to rein in inflation. "Some of those factors are within the governor's control and influence while others such as politics, sanctions, droughts, under-utilisation of farms, disruptions at those farms, rampant corruption, indiscipline, law and order are factors outside the governor's control," he said in an interview with The Herald newspaper.[25] He has also blamed the failure of the economy on sanctions imposed on the country, a charge critics dispute.[26]

Critics and civic leaders allege that Gono has kept his job as the governor mainly through Mugabe's patronage. Mugabe has not only shielded Gono from his critics, but has commended him in his activities as governor despite the extreme deterioration of the Zimbabwean economy.[27] He had been Mugabe's banker for a long period before becoming governor of the RBZ.[28]


[edit] Personal life
Gono and his wife live in Borrowdale Brook, a northern suburb of Harare. They have just completed on construction of a new "castle-like" house, equipped with: 47 en-suite bedrooms; a glass swimming pool with underlights; a gym; mini-theatre; and landscaped gardens. Estimated to have cost USD $5 million, it is equipped with iris-scanning security measures as well as extensive camera coverage aiding perimeter control. It is also, perhaps conveniently, just a short drive away from (and indeed larger than) President Rogert Mugabe's own private residence.[29]

Gono also, like many of Mugagbe's inner circle, own numerous farms which were confiscated from localised white farmers. One is near Norton, which when the seasonal weather is dry, draws clean water through a 25 mile long pipeline linked to a reservoir, which is supposed to supply water for the people of Harare. Gono also owns property in Malaysia.[29]

In November 2008, Gono published a book titled “Zimbabwe's Casino Economy: Extra-ordinary Measures for Extra-ordinary Challenges” describing the post-colonial economy of Zimbabwe particularly during the first five years (2003-2008) of his term as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ”).


[edit] Personal sanctions
Gono is banned from travelling to the United States and EU member states because of his role in the controversial Zanu-PF government of Zimbabwe.[30] He was added to the EU's list of individuals subject to personal sanctions—a ban on travel to the EU and the freezing of any assets there—in July 2008, following the controversial 2008 presidential election, in which Mugabe was re-elected amidst serious political violence.[31]

Mutumwa Dziva Mawere

Mutumwa Dziva Mawere (born January 11, 1960 in Bindura, Zimbabwe), is an African businessman with interests in mining, manufacturing and agro industries, financial services (banking and insurance), telecommunications, publishing, investment holdings, transport and logistics, and international trading, among others. He has created businesses and turned around enterprises that have become Pan African and global players, most notably Africa Resources Limited (“ARL”) which was one of the most powerful and influential corporations in Zimbabwe’s history.

Contents [hide]
1 Background
2 Business Empire
3 Demise of Business Empire
4 Columnist
5 See also
6 External links
7 References


[edit] Background
Mawere was educated in Zimbabwe, Swaziland, the United Kingdom and the United States, obtaining a Master of Science (Management) and an MBA (Finance & Investments) degree. Among his first employers were the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe and the Merchant Bank of Central Africa.[1] In 1988, he joined the World Bank, where he rose to become a Senior Investment Officer with the International Finance Corporation. In 1995, he became a resident of South Africa, obtaining citizenship in 2002. [2]


[edit] Business Empire
In 1996, he acquired Zimbabwe's sole asbestos mining company Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM), branching out through all of Zimbabwe's economy. His rise was accompanied by allegations of improper support by politicians from the ruling ZANU-PF, especially in connection with government guarantees for a US$60 million loan used in the purchase of SMM.[3] Mawere denied these claims, saying that purchase payments were guaranteed for by a deposit of shares of the mining company instead.[2]


[edit] Demise of Business Empire
In 2004, Mawere's business empire came under government scrutiny, and allegations of prejudicing the state of more than Z$300 billion were raised by the authorities. In May, Zimbabwean authorities asked for Mawere's extradition from South Africa, but failed.[3] Since then, by presidential decree major parts of his businesses came under government control. According to Mawere, his businesses' funds were used to repay due IMF bonds.[4]


[edit] Columnist
Since his businesses were seized, Mawere has written a number of articles about the situation in Zimbabwe, starting with his own situation and a vindication of his past business deals.[5][6] His op-eds have appeared in several online news websites that cater to Zimbabweans scattered across the world.[7]

Arthur Mutambara (From Student Leader to D/PM)

Arthur Mutambara

The Right Honourable
Arthur Mutambara

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Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 February 2009
Serving with Thokozani Khupe
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
Preceded by Office established

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President of the Movement for Democratic Change-Mutambara
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 February 2006
Preceded by Office established

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Born 25 May 1966 (1966-05-25) (age 43)
Rhodesia
Nationality Zimbabwean
Political party Movement for Democratic Change-Mutambara (2005 – present)
Alma mater University of Zimbabwe
University of Oxford
Profession Roboticist
Religion Roman Catholic

Arthur Guseni Oliver Mutambara (born 25 May 1966[1]) is a Zimbabwean politician. He became the President of the Movement for Democratic Change-Mutambara faction (MDC) in February 2006.[2] He has worked as the Managing Director and CEO of Africa Technology and Business Institute since September 2003.[1] Under a September 2008 power-sharing agreement, Mutambara became Deputy Prime Minister on 11 February 2009.

Contents [hide]
1 Education
2 Early activism
3 Movement for Democratic Change
3.1 2008 presidential election
3.2 SADC facilitated power-sharing agreement
4 References


[edit] Education
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University of Zimbabwe,Harare 1987-1990,BSc(Hon)-Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Oxford University,U.K,1991-1995,MSc Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering & Doctor of Philosophy,Robotics and Mechatronics


[edit] Early activism
Mutambara was a noted leader of the student movement within Zimbabwe in 1988 and 1989, leading anti-government protests at the University of Zimbabwe which led to his arrest and imprisonment. He was later educated on a Rhodes Scholarship at Merton College, Oxford in the United Kingdom where he obtained a PhD in Robotics and Mechatronics, and in the United States where he spent time as a visiting Fellow [3] in the same field, including both California Institute of Technology,Massachusetts Institute of Technology and FAMU/FSU College of Engineering. He also worked as a Professor of Business Strategy and as a consultant for McKinsey & Company.[2]

Mutambara criticized government ministers for abusing Zimbabwe's land reform program, engaging in: "monopolistic politics of domination, corruption, and petty bourgeois accumulation."[4]


[edit] Movement for Democratic Change
In 2005 the MDC split into two factions following a dispute over whether or not to participate in the March 2005 senatorial election. While MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Mutambara, and others opposed participation, Welshman Ncube and Gibson Sibanda led a faction that favored participation.[2] Those supporting the senate elections won narrowly against the leader Morgan Tsvangirai's vote.Mr Tsvangirai later overruled & overturned the decision of the plebiscite citing two absent members had sent in postal votes that canceled the slender margin.[5]

In February 2006 at a Congress of the breakaway faction Movement for Democratic Change Mutambara was elected as President of the party. Commenting on the election, Mutambara said, "My position was that the MDC should have boycotted those Senate elections. I guess then that makes me the anti-Senate leader of the pro-Senate MDC faction. How ridiculous can we get? That debate is now in the past, let us move on and unite our people."[2]

The choice of Mutambara as leader was said to have been inspired by the fact that he is a Shona whereas Sibanda and Ncube are both Ndebele, but realized that only a Shona candidate could win an election across the whole of Zimbabwe. Mutambara is not a member of the House of Assembly and is therefore untainted by struggles within it.

The faction led by Tsvangirai described Mutambara's election as a nullity. In his MDC faction presidential acceptance speech,[6] Mutambara stated, "We believe that our views on land reform in Zimbabwe are different from those of Western governments. Our approach is not driven by the interests of white farmers, but by those of all Zimbabweans, white and black. While we put the failure of the land reform program squarely on the Zanu(PF) government, we also acknowledge the complicity of some Western governments which reneged on agreements, and the inertia of white farmers in seeking pre-emptive solutions." However, David Karimanzira, a leading member of ZANU - PF, alleged that Mutambara was promoted by the West after Western governments decided not to continue backing Morgan Tsvangirai because the Zimbabwean people had allegedly rejected his party manifesto. He once called the African Union a "club of dictators."[7]

Mutambara was arrested by the Zimbabwe police on 19 May 2006 while leading a march in support of his faction's candidate on the eve of the Budiriro by-election. He was also arrested on the 11 March together with the other MDC leaders from the other faction. He was released without charge two days later, only to be re-arrested on 18 March at Harare Airport en route to South Africa, where his family is still based, and where he is also a leading consultant. He was also released without charge after three days in custody.


[edit] 2008 presidential election
After Mutambara and Tsvangirai failed to unite on a single MDC candidate for the March 2008 presidential election, Mutambara said on 15 February that he would not run for President and that his faction would instead back Simba Makoni.[8] Mutambara instead ran in the concurrent parliamentary election for a seat from the Zengeza East constituency, but he was placed third, with 1,322 votes, according to official results, behind the candidate of the Tsvangirai faction, who won 7,570 votes, and the ZANU-PF candidate, who won 3,042 votes.[9]

The Tsvangirai faction won 99 seats in the parliamentary election and the Mutambara faction won 10, compared with 97 for ZANU-PF.[10] On 28 April 2008, Mutambara and Tsvangirai announced that their factions were reuniting, thus enabling the MDC to have a clear parliamentary majority.[11]

On 1 June 2008, Mutambara was arrested at his home in Harare. According to his lawyer, the arrest was due to an article he wrote in The Standard in April, which allegedly included "falsehoods" and "contempt of court". In this article, he blamed Mugabe for the state of the economy and accused the security forces of committing abuses.[12] On 3 June, Mutambara was released on a bail of 20 million Zimbabwean dollars but he did not go to jail, with the next court date being set for 17 June. After the hearing on 3 June, he described his own suffering as minor compared to that of the people, saying that Mugabe's "human rights violations" would fail and vowing that "we will triumph over evil".[13]


[edit] SADC facilitated power-sharing agreement
On September 15, 2008, the leaders of the 14-member Southern African Development Community witnessed the signing of a power-sharing agreement between the two MDC factions and ZANU-PF. Under the deal, Mugabe will remain President, Tsvangirai will become Prime Minister, [14] the MDC will control the police, ZANU-PF will control the Army, and Mutambara will become Deputy Prime Minister.[15][

Nigel Chanakira Testimony

Nigel Chanakira

Testimony - Mr Nigel Chanakira "My principles and values emanate from the Word of God which is my reference manual. I cannot claim to have perfected my usage of the true business manual because of my frequent reference to it. I am learning all the time on how doing business God's way is a sure recipe for success despite adversity, trials and tribulations that come from running a business in Zimbabwe. There is an inherent principle in expanding Kingdom financial holdings by spiritual linkage to the vision of the church and by advancing the Kingdom."

Nigel is at the helm of Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited which is amongst the top five companies quoted on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. In 2001, Nigel was nominated as Zimbabwe's manager of the year and as one of the world's 100 future leaders of tomorrow under the global body, World Economic Forum. Nigel has changed his focus in life to serving his community and improving the state of the world that he interacts with.

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Full names Mr Nigel Muranganwa Kudzayi CHANAKIRA
Country of Residence Zimbabwe
Nationality Zimbabwean

Education
Degrees
Type Institution Specialisation Year
Bachelor of Science (Honours)
Master of Science Economics

Career
Chairmanships
Position Organisation Place Appointed Concluded
Executive Deputy Chairman Kingdom Financial Holdings

Directorships
Position Institution Place Appointed Concluded
Founder and Director Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited (KFHL) Zimbabwe 1995
Director Comarton Consultants (Pvt) Ltd
Director Econet Wireless Holdings Ltd.

General
Society Memberships
Position Society Appointed Concluded
Member Institute of Bankers, Zimbabwe
Member Institute of Directors, Zimbabwe
Member Empretec Association, Harare
Member Zimbabwe Economic Society
Member Christian Men’s Network

Noteworthy Events/Interesting Facts
Noteworthy Events
He was named a young global leader by the World Economic Forum in 2005.

Awards
Award Granting Body Place Year
Entrepreneur of the Decade Empretec Zimbabwe 2003
Outstanding Young Business Person of the Year Junior Chamber of Zimbabwe 2002
Top 100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow World Economic Forum (WEF) 2001
Manager of the Year Zimbabwe Institute of Management 2000

Phillip Chiyangwa (Bla Fidzo)

Phillip Chiyangwa
Philip Chiyangwa (born 1959) the founder of the Affirmative Action Group, a chair of Native Africa Investments Ltd.,[1] and has served as an MP for the ZANU-PF party in Zimbabwe.[2] He is a cousin of President Robert Mugabe.
Philip Chiyangwa grew up in Chegutu town, some 100 km south of Harare. He went to St. Francis school. His mother was from the Guta raJehovah sect. His young brothers James (Jimalo), Josphat and Mophat went to Pfupajena school.
He worked for Chakari Mine before he was called up as a member of the BSAP African Reserve.
Chiyangwa was the party chairman of Mashonaland West, one of the party's most powerful constituencies after Mashonaland Central.
Chiyangwa is the proprietor of Native Africa Investments Ltd. based in Harare. His company has been involved in a few high-profile takeovers, the most famous being G&D Shoes which he tried, without success to save from liquidation. He was also responsible for the 1998 visit to Zimbabwe by singer Michael Jackson and after announcing to National media that he would be working with the singer on various business projects.
As a member of the BSAP African Reserve and served for several months in the lead-up, during and post the March 1980 election. In the November 2000, publication The History of the British South Africa Police, Chiyangwa was featured in a photograph taken at the time of the election lying prone with a police-issued FN, chatting to a senior, white BSAP officer. A copy was leaked to Zimbabwe's independent press bringing a vehement denial by Chiyangwa who offered a substantial reward for information as to (the photo's) source. The photo was, in fact, taken from the BSAP's magazine Outpost archives in the early 1980s, to be used at a later date for the-then unplanned history.
In 2004–05 he was arrested and detained for several months by Mugabe's notorious CIO after being accused of passing state secrets to South Africa agents. He allegedly received severe beatings and torture and suffered a mild stroke, and has subsequently kept a low profile.
As part of Zimbabwe's privileged ruling class, Chiyangwa lives well and reportedly owns a Hummer vehicle,[citation needed] even though gasoline is almost impossible for ordinary Zimbabweans to find in a country where the inflation rate is over 200 million percent per year. He boasted in the state media recently that he installed a computerized color-coded wardrobe for matching hundreds of suits, shoes and fashion accessories at his 30-room home in the exclusive Harare suburb of Borrowdale.[1]
Chiyangwa is married and has children. His conduct is marred by controversy having been once jailed for espionage and released in circumstances shrouded by mystery.[citation needed]